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On Tuesday, Malacanang said that departed Department of National Defense officer-in-charge Jose Faustino Jr. was aware of the change in command in the Philippine Armed Forces (AFP).

Cheloy Garafil, the secretary of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), responded to Faustino’s claim that he just learned of Gen. Andres Centino’s oath of office in Malacanang “through news and social media sources.”

Garafil stated in a news release that former DND OIC Jose Faustino Jr. was aware of the developments regarding the nomination of Gen. Andres Centino, who is the only 4-star general in the AFP, according to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.

As Commander-in-Chief, the President, according to her, has “the exclusive right to designate the AFP chief of staff.”

On January 6, Marcos reappointed Centino as the AFP’s chief of staff. Previously, from November 12, 2021, to August 8, 2022, he was the AFP’s chief of staff.

In February, Centino will leave the company.

In August of last year, he replaced Centino as head of the AFP by appointing Lt. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro.

Along with replacing Faustino as DND Secretary, Carlito Galvez Jr., the president’s advisor on peace, reconciliation, and unity, was also nominated by Marcos.

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The PCO also uncovered further nominations made during the Marcos regime.

Antonio Paolo Serrano Lim and Peter Anthony Joseph Felarca Felix have been appointed as assistant secretaries of the OSDES and the Office of the Senior Deputy Executive Secretary, respectively, according to a statement from Garafil.

The Office of the President oversees the OSDES.

Other appointments include

— Manuel Lahoz Argel Jr., Acting Member, Social Security Commission Employers’ Group, Social Security System

Commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission: Lolibeth Ramit-Medrano

— Michael Osmea De Jesus, Development Bank of the Philippines’ acting president, chief executive officer, and member of the board of directors (DBP)

— Emily Calderon David serving as a DBP Board of Directors Interim Member

— DBP’s acting member of the board of directors, Jaime Zita Paz

— Maria Lourdes Laurel Avance Arcenas in her capacity as a member-in-waiting of the DBP board of directors

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