Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has named former vaccine czar and peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr as defence chief, days after he appointed a new military head as the armed forces stamped out talk of unrest among troops.
Galvez’s appointment followed the resignation of the Department of National Defense’s officer-in-charge Jose Faustino Jr, according to a statement from Marcos’s communications office which did not provide a reason.
The shakeup is the latest change in Marcos’s six-month-old government. He has replaced his executive secretary, while his spokesperson resigned and his social welfare chief didn’t get congressional approval.
