Newly-appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya on Friday said change will be felt in the way the military conducts its internal and territorial security operations.
“We are now in the final push as we approach the culmination of Internal Peace and Security Plan ‘Bayanihan’ by the end of this year. By stroke of fate, this six-month duration also coincides with the beginning of a new era of change as we lay down the bedrock foundation for security and defense under the new (Duterte) administration,” he said during his assumption speech.
“It is in this context that I set the direction of our force allowing our Commander-in-Chief’s paradigm shift in military operations,” Visaya said.
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