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PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has appointed Lt. Gen. Cirilito E. Sobejana, the commanding general of the Philippine Army, as the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces, the presidential palace said on Wednesday.
“We are confident that General Sobejana will continue to modernize our military and undertake reform initiatives to make the Armed Forces truly professional in its mandate as the protector of the people and the state,” presidential spokesman Harry L. Roque Jr. told reporters in a Viber message.
Mr. Sobejena will succeed outgoing Chief of Staff Gen. Gilbert I. Gapay, who will retire on Feb. 4.
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