Congress praised for helping upgrade military, police capabilities
Roa Duterte on Monday thanked Congress for working with his administration in upgrading the capability of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and other armed services in the country. In his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa, President Duterte expressed his gratitude to lawmakers for working with the executive department in enhancing the capabilities of the AFP and the PNP through the government
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modernization program. The President recalled that in 2018, the government raised the salaries of military and uniformed policemen and personnel to a level commensurate to the critical role they play in upholding national security and maintaining order.
aimed at maintaining government fiscal flexibility and providing adequate benefits and remuneration to men and women in uniform. He clarified, however, that this would apply only to the new entrants of the military and uniformed services.
“It is also high time for us To continue to pass a law providing strengthening the Free Legal Assistance capability of the to AFP and PNP Officers country’s security forces, and Enlisted Personnel he asked Congress to to help defend them pass a Unified System for from charges arising from Separation, Retirement incidents related to the and Pension of Military performance of official and Uniformed Personnel duty,” he said. Caraga INFOCUS
