A Philippine Army officer will face a general court-martial under the country's equivalent to Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. According to this account in the Manila Bulletin, Colonel Audie Mongao (left) posted on social media his withdrawal of support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarette, PA commanding general, said he already approved general court martial proceedings to try Mongao for alleged violation of Articles of War 63 which penalizes “disrespect toward the President, Vice-President, Congress of the Philippines, or Secretary of National Defense.”
Article of War 63 states that any officer who uses contemptuous or disrespectful words against the President, Vice-President, the Congress of the Philippines, or Secretary of National Defense, “shall be dismissed from the service or suffer such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.”
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