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Good afternoon everyone and welcome to Malacanang Palace for the oath-taking of the newly promoted General Officers.
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Please take your seats except for those who will take their oath.
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Those who will take their oath, please rise, raise your right hand and repeat after me.
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I, your name, having been promoted to the rank of your rank, do hereby solemnly swear that I will well and faithfully discharge to the best of my ability the duties of my present position
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and of all of my responsibilities.
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And that all others I may hereafter hold under the Republic of the Philippines.
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That I will support and defend the Constitution of the Philippines.
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That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
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That I will obey the laws, legal orders and decrees
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promulgated by the duly constituted authorities.
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That I will Running for president of the Republic of the Philippines.
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And that I impose this obligation upon myself voluntarily, without mental reservation or purpose of evasion.
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Thank you, Mr President.
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Congratulations to the Generals and Flag Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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I would like to greet on this occasion, of course, our Secretary of National Defense, Secretary Gilbert Chidoro, the other cabinet members present,
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the Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff, General Romeo Browner, and the Major Service Commanders present here with us.
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The, of course, the newly promoted General and Flag Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, fellow workers in government, other distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, and once again, welcome to Malacanang.
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I congratulate you all for a promotion that I know is well-deserved, the fitting reward for a career and a life dedicated to public service.
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It is a recognition that is built on merit, as all professional advancements in the armed services should be.
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It is also based on competence, pursuant to the time-honored tradition that the only way to step up in ranks is to step up with your work.
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From the day you get your first commission, many decades ago, you have since given your best, making sure every assignment is one rung unravelled.
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You are now up the ladder in terms of, of course, your rank, but more importantly, in terms of the quality of the service and the work and the mission that you are complying with.
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But you have not yet reached the summit of your career.
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Your new rank, however, does not send you out to your last patrol.
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There is much still left to do, missions to accomplish, service to be selflessly rendered to the people that we have all sworn,
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to protect with our lives.
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If any, the stars on your shoulder do not just indicate rank, but are reminders of the responsibilities, added responsibilities that you now have to carry on those shoulders.
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The more stars there are, the heavier the responsibility.
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Be mindful always of the weight that that carries.
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After all, the load that you feel are, in fact, our people's hopes.
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Especially now, that we are at the juncture of our history, where our nation faces complex security challenges.
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The response to which requires bold thinking, brave action, which I know you can supply in abundant amounts, as befits your rank,
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and you can summon from your previous experience.
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This is the landscape that confronts you now.
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It is the security terrain that you have to address in the remaining tours of duty of your career.
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As senior officers,
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may the stars conferred upon you serve as an inspiration in performing your duties with utmost dedication, professionalism, integrity, all worthy of emulation.
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Be a boot on the ground, or be among them, and still command from the front.
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I know that until the last hour of your last day in office,
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you will do your work that honors our oath, respects our unity.
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Earns the admiration of our peers, and affirms the prestige that you have earned through a lifetime of service.
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That you will uphold the principles that made you patriots, professionals, always compliant with command,
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faithful to our Constitution, loyal to our country, and mindful of our conscience.
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Your responsibility is great, and it will be further improved.
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The duties of the military are even heavier.
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We are still waiting for you.
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We still have a lot of missions to face.
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we have high expectations from you for the future of our country,
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and the republic that we are defending and loving.
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Let us not let them down.
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That is the replacement of your new rank.
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That is the key to their respect for you.
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Long live the AFP.
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Long live the new Philippines.
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And again, congratulations to our new promoted General Officers and Flag Officers.
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Thank you and good afternoon.
