MANILA, Philippines—Medal of Valor recipient Maj. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro has been named to replace controversial Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, who is retiring on July 26, as head of the Southern Luzon Command.
Bacarro’s designation was among the new set of military appointments signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last June 28.
Parlade, who will reach the mandatory retirement age of 56 in a few weeks, has been controversial for red-tagging lawmakers and celebrities, as well as his statements on the insurgency.
Parlade relinquished his position as a spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), saying he wanted to ease pressure on higher …
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