MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is pushing to get the general-to-personnel ratio down, which he said would be “healthier” for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Lorenzana made the proposal during Thursday’s Senate national defense committee hearing on bills to fix AFP terms, among others. “Except for one thing, I would like to include the percentage of generals as compared to the number of troops of men in the AFP,” Lorenzana said. “Our strength is 143,000, that means we should only have 143 generals in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. I believe, personally, that we have too many generals in the Armed Forces,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 20, 2021 03:57 UTC