AFP Southern Luzon commander, spox, other military officers get CA panel nod | Inquirer News

AFP Southern Luzon commander, spox, other military officers get CA panel nod

/ 12:05 PM August 24, 2020

Commission on Appointments hearing: Fifteen senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines take their oath during the hybrid deliberation of the Committee on National Defense of the Commission on Appointments Monday, August 24, 2020, for their ad interim appointments and nomination. (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB)

MANILA, Philippines — The ad interim appointments and nominations of 15 senior officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), including Southern Luzon Command chief Maj. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. and AFP spokesperson Maj. Gen. Edgardo Arevalo, have been recommended for confirmation by a panel of the Commission on Appointments (CA).

CA’s Committee on National Defense approved the recommendation of the AFP officers’ confirmation in a “hybrid” hearing on Monday.

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Aside from Parlade and Arevalo, the CA panel also recommended the ad interim appointments and nominations of the following AFP officers:

  • Araus Robert Musico to the rank of Brigadier General
  • Angelica Torres to the rank of Brigadier General
  • Carlito Bueno to the rank of Brigadier General
  • Armel Tolato to the rank of Brigadier General
  • Edgard Arevalo to the rank of Major General
  • Rowen Tolentino to the rank of Major General
  • Norwyn Romeo Tolentino to the rank of Brigadier General
  • Edgardo de Leon to the rank of Major General
  • Danilo Cariño to the rank of Brigadier General
  • Andrew Costelo to the rank of Brigadier General
  • Peale Jon Bondoc to the rank of Major General
  • Lyndon Sollesta to the rank of Brigadier General
  • Corleto S. Vinluan Jr. to the rank of Lieutenant General

The panel’s recommendation will be transmitted to the CA plenary for either rejection or approval.

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