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Salceda is chair of DND advisory council

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Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda was recently elected chairman of the Department of National Defense Multi-Sector Advisory Council, tasked to provide direction towards the desired goals of the Philippine Defense Transformation Roadmap 2028.

MSAC was established along the principles of the Performance Government System or PGS, which promotes “good governance, transparency and accountability within the framework of stakeholders’ engagement and consultations, in accordance with the council protocols.” 

The council aims to ensure that DND can perform its defense mandate, and guide and help assess the implementation of its various policies and programs for the protection of the people and the state under PDTR 2028. 

Salceda, who was first appointed as MSAC adviser prior to his election as its chairman, also sits as chair of the Regional Advisory Committee for Philippine National Police Transformation and Development in the Bicol Region. He presently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the AFP reserve force, and is the regional commander of the 33rd Air Force Group Reserve in Bicol.

Salceda and other MSAC members took their oath of office last March 9 at Camp Gen. E. Aguinaldo in Quezon City in front of senior defense officials. 

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Present during the rites were Gen. Alexander Yano, former AFP chief of staff; Bai Rohaniza Sumndad-Usman, founder of Teach Peace, Build Peace; Marife Zamora of the Management Association of the Philippines; Alexander Lacson of the Institute for Solidarity in Asia; Antonio La Viña of Manila Observatory; Danilo Concepcion, UP President; Donald Dee of the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines; Antonio Aquino of Makati Property Ventures; and Maria A. Ressa, CEO of Rappler, Inc.

Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda

Aside from policy recommendations to the DND, MSAC encourages participation from various sectors of society to ensure that defense strategies are responsive to the needs of Filipino people, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. 

MSAC has four committees —Policy and Governance, Assessment and Review, Strategic Communications, and Resources Generation.

A PDTR social media post said Salceda’s participation “will help boost Philippine Defense Transformation.” PDTR 2028 is the DND’s strategic and long term organizational and development plan, with clearly defined direction and set of priorities. 

Salceda had earlier pledged to assist in the financial programs of the AFP. 

A respected economist, he is senior vice chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and vice chair of the House committees on appropriations, economic affairs, local government, and climate change. He expressed optimism DND’s “initiatives and visions of a globally standard defense capability would be fully realized within the next 10 years.”

The new MSAC chair said the roadmaps of all DND’s attached agencies should be synchronized with each other to ensure the department’s transformation will be fully attained under the theme “One Defense Team, Transforming Together.” 

Among the DND’s programs are the modernization of the armed forces, increased salaries and benefits of its officers and men, and housing for its personnel.

Salceda has been closely working with the PNP and AFP, the officers and men of which he tapped when he organized Team Albay for his pioneering disaster risk and reduction programs during his term as governor.

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