QuestionsQuestions (DEPED ORDER NO. 59, S. 2003)
EO No. 730 was issued by the President by virtue of the power vested under Section 22(1) of the National Defense Act, as amended.
It creates the Board of Generals in the Armed Forces of the Philippines to handle recommendations and related assistance for promotions to general-officer ranks.
Chief of Staff, AFP (Chairman); Vice Chief of Staff, AFP; Deputy Chief of Staff, AFP; Commanding General, Philippine Army; Chief of the Philippine Constabulary; Commanding General, Philippine Air Force; Flag Officer-In-Command, Philippine Navy; and a Secretary (non-voting).
The Secretary is non-voting.
Based on declared promotion vacancies, the Board passes upon recommendations for promotion to Colonel and Brigadier General (and their Navy equivalents) from eligible Major/Technical Services officers.
The number of promotion vacancies declared by the Minister of National Defense, in the grades of colonel and brigadier general (or their Navy equivalents).
The criteria must cover performance, leadership, and managerial or technical ability of each recommendee.
The officer must have completed at least one year in the permanent grade of lieutenant colonel or colonel (or their Navy equivalents), before being eligible for promotion to Colonel or Brigadier General.
Among the stated requirements: (1) no pending case; (2) no financial or property accountabilities; (3) physically fit for general military service; (4) GSG eligible or its equivalent as prescribed by existing regulations; and (5) satisfaction of other requirements the Board may prescribe.
It provides that the Board shall assist the Minister of National Defense in the discharge of his responsibilities under Section 8 of RA 291, as amended.
The Board submits the list of the “best qualified” officers to the Minister of National Defense, who may recommend such list to the President for appointment.
It states that the term is contemplated in Section 8 of RA 291, as amended, meaning the Board evaluates and ranks officers for recommendation based on the statutory concept of best qualified.
The Board may promulgate rules and procedures as necessary to assist in the selection of the best qualified officers, including creating subordinate boards.
The President, upon recommendation by the Minister of National Defense based on the Board’s submitted list.