Senator Panfilo Lacson. INQUIRER PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
Senator Panfilo Lacson said that a Medal of Valor would be worth so much more than a luxury wristwatch to soldiers who served the country well.
“To any soldier, a Medal of Valor is worth more than a hundred Rolex watches. Every soldier dreams of having one more than he dreams of owning a Rolex watch,” he said in a statement on Monday.
Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte promised Rolex watches to soldiers for future acts of bravery.
READ: Duterte vows to give Rolex watches for units that get Medals of Valor
Lacson, a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1971, explained the Medal of Valor is rarely given “not only because the feat itself that qualifies anybody from getting it is extraordinary, but more so, the opportunity very rarely arises.”
Lacson noted the Medal of Valor is the highest military honor for a soldier’s supreme self-sacrifice and distinctive acts of heroism and gallantry. /kga