By Junex Doronio
STRESSING THAT THE ARMED FORCES of the Philippines will be professional and remain loyal to the Constitution, AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar on Sunday said they are validating reports of efforts to “upset” the Marcos Jr. administration.
Aguilar stood firm that AFP chief Romeo Brawner, Jr was only “misquoted” regarding alleged destabilization efforts against the government that the latter later retracted.
“These are just efforts to upset. Kumbaga, we don’t see any threats on these efforts,” Aguilar said.
He added: “I will not go into details about this because sa sinabi ng mga kuwan, these are reported efforts. So we’ll just leave it at that muna because… these will be further validated and verified.”
However, he declined to mention names behind these alleged efforts to “upset” the PBBM administration.
“All I can say is we don’t have a threat. There is no plot to speak of and the AFP will be professional and will remain loyal to its Constitution,” Aguilar pointed out.
Under Article VII, Section 18, of the 1987 Constitution: “The President shall be the Commander-in-Chief of all armed forces of the Philippines to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion.”
(ai/mnm)