PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday shrugged off talk that he was conducting a loyalty check among members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP).
Marcos was reacting to speculations that he was conducting command conferences with the military and police to check their stance on his leadership amid the recent political developments.
“I don’t understand that term because I don’t know how you conduct a loyalty check — at least not in the context of a command conference,” he said in an interview in Malacañang.
“We don’t have that. I only hear it in the media. So, I was just wondering how you define a loyalty check,” he said.
Last week, the president was at the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame, where he convened the National Peace and Order Council, composed of the country’s top security officials.
Among the topics discussed were the 2025 elections, the general peace and order situation, and his order to impose the ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO).
Earlier, the president was in Camp Aguinaldo for the Major Services Officer and Candidate Course Joint Graduation Ceremony of the AFP.
The back-to-back events fueled talks about a loyalty check.
Marcos said the assumption of a loyalty check was unwarranted, given his high regard for the AFP and PNP’s professionalism.
He also said the country was “quite stable” despite “a lot of noise” on the political front.
“The government is functioning properly. Although there’s a lot of noise. That’s all it is, it’s all just noise,” the President said.
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