{"id":126812,"date":"2017-10-26T22:40:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T02:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=126812"},"modified":"2025-01-18T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T19:46:19","slug":"ano-will-head-dilg-in-a-years-time-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/26\/ano-will-head-dilg-in-a-years-time-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u00f1o will head DILG in a year\u2019s time: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_83504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83504\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83504\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"FLE: Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o (Photo by Gil Nartea \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Major-General-Eduardo-M.-A\u00f1o-1-1-1024x535.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLE: Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o (Photo by Gil Nartea \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte announced Thursday that retired Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief, Eduardo A\u00f1o, would be the next Interior Secretary, but only after a year due to legal prohibitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGen. A\u00f1o goes to be from a General to a Secretary of the Cabinet. He would head the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG),\u201d Duterte said during the AFP change of command ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.<\/p>\n<p>However, the President said the former military chief would have to wait for a year before A\u00f1o gets his appointment because &#8220;that is the law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy doxycycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/doxycycline.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/doxycycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Section 8 of Republic Act No. 6975, or the DILG Act of 1990, states that \u201cno retired or resigned military officer or police official may be appointed as (DILG) Secretary within one year from the date of his retirement or resignation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pending the one-year ban, Duterte said he would be immediately appointing A\u00f1o to a government position not prohibited by law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither he takes the title of Special Assistant to the President or the Undersecretary, whichever is tenable legally. And he will now supervise the Philippine National Police, together with Gen.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ventolin inhaler online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/ventolin-inhaler.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/ventolin-inhaler.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Cuy,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Undersecretary Catalino Cuy, a retired police general, is the current officer-in-charge of the DILG after the President fired Ismael Sueno over corruption allegations in early April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGen. A\u00f1o, you\u2019re always welcome to report. Maybe tomorrow, I will wait for you,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy robaxin online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/robaxin.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/robaxin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A\u00f1o retired Thursday upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56 for uniformed personnel.<\/p>\n<p>He was replaced by Lt. Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero, the chief of the Eastern Mindanao Command based in Davao.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte praised A\u00f1o for his distinguished leadership that resulted in \u201ca stronger AFP that did not just secure our nation, but also secured our people\u2019s trust and confidence in the military establishment and the soldiers that it represents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crowning jewel of A\u00f1o\u2019s impressive career is the Battle for the Liberation of Marawi, which resulted in the neutralization of almost a thousand ISIS-inspired insurgents, including their leaders.\u00a0<em><strong>(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte announced Thursday that retired Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief, Eduardo A\u00f1o, would be the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":83504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[18684,18677,12727,13135],"class_list":["post-126812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines-afp","tag-department-of-the-interior-and-local-government-dilg","tag-eduardo-ano","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-jose-cielito-reganit","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285463,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126812\/revisions\/285463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}