“The soldiers are all loyal to the republic, so there's no need for a loyalty check,” Catapang said during a press conference in Camp Navarro, Zamboanga City.
Last Tuesday Senator Antonio Trillanes IV claimed some retired generals associated with former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo were sowing seeds of destabilization.
Catapang has belied this and said the AFP remained a professional organization.
This was not the first time Catpang has had to quash rumors of unrest in the armed forces.
Last July 24, Catapang denied that soldiers were planning to stage a coup d'etat following the Supreme Court's declaration that sections of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) were unconstitutional.
Catapang has belied this and said the AFP remained a professional organization.
This was not the first time Catpang has had to quash rumors of unrest in the armed forces.
Last July 24, Catapang denied that soldiers were planning to stage a coup d'etat following the Supreme Court's declaration that sections of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) were unconstitutional.
Though he was a member of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) - a group of soldiers who tried to overthrow the government of then President Corazon Aquino, President Benigno Aquino III's mother - Catapang said that there was no justification for a coup today.
The armed forces chief explained last July that the RAM was formed to bring a return to "ethics, fair mindedness, orderliness and morality."
"Ang tingin ko na-restore na lahat 'yon, nabalik na yung ethics sa atin, righteousness... matuwid na daan na tayo," Catapang said.
"Na-experience na natin yan nung mga panahon ng 1980's, so tapos na tayo diyan. We have more, bigger problems. Yun nga sinasabi ko panay global problems na hinahanap natin."
Source: GMA Network
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