The Senate, opting to adopt without amendments the House-approved bill providing three-year fixed terms for the Chief-of-Staff and other top-ranked officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines , paved the way for its early submission to President Duterte for signing into law.
Lacson, chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, confirmed that an early caucus headcount already indicated the unanimous vote to adopt the proposal. As proposed, apart from the AFP Chief-of-Staff, there would also be three-year terms from date of appointments of the AFP Vice Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, as well as the Commanding Generals of the Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force, Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy, Unified Command Commanders and the Inspector General.
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