ARMED Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. on Monday reminded soldiers not to be affected by recent political controversies in the country.
Brawner urged them to continue to be professional and competent amid the political noise.
“The past days, we have seen a myriad of events that transpired in our country…this has shaken the political environment,” he said at the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women held in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
Brawner’s advice to soldiers came two days after Vice President Sara Duterte threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., first lady Liza Araneta and Speaker Martin Romualdez.
The vice president said in a video segment that she had spoken with an assassin and instructed him to kill the first couple and the speaker if she were to be killed.
Brawner said soldiers should not be affected by political events.
“We have to remind ourselves of the vow we pledged when we enter the military service,” he said.
The vow, Brawner said, is to defend the Constitution, and “that means that we have to follow the chain of command.”
Brawner reiterated that the military will remain loyal to the duly constituted authority, not to the personality holding that position.
More than 600 officials and personnel from the Department of National Defense, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Government Arsenal, the National Defense College of the Philippines, the Office of Civil Defense, and Philippine Veterans Affairs Office, and Men Opposed to Violence Against Women chapters joined the campaign that aims to highlight the importance of collective action to eliminate all forms of gender-based violence across all sectors of Philippine society.
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