18-05-2024, 10:09 AM
Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, who supposedly confirmed that a “new model” arrangement to ease tension between the Philippines and China during the resupply of the troops at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, has been removed as chief of the military’s Western Command (Wescom).
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday disclosed in a speech to Philippine Navy personnel stationed on Pag-asa Island that Carlos was officially replaced by Rear Adm. Alfonso Torres Jr., who assumed the post of acting Wescom commander on May 7 after Carlos suddenly went on leave.
The defense and military chiefs both dismissed the alleged phone recording as the product of a “deepfake” operation. Teodoro said that if the recording were true, those involved could be charged with violating the country’s antiwiretapping law.
In the published transcript of the alleged phone conversation, Carlos twice confirmed that the agreement had approval of his superiors.
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Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday disclosed in a speech to Philippine Navy personnel stationed on Pag-asa Island that Carlos was officially replaced by Rear Adm. Alfonso Torres Jr., who assumed the post of acting Wescom commander on May 7 after Carlos suddenly went on leave.
The defense and military chiefs both dismissed the alleged phone recording as the product of a “deepfake” operation. Teodoro said that if the recording were true, those involved could be charged with violating the country’s antiwiretapping law.
In the published transcript of the alleged phone conversation, Carlos twice confirmed that the agreement had approval of his superiors.
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