Transcription for Key Informant Interview (KII)
MACALINTAL: And you are in active service right?
BALLINAS: I am Sir.
MACALINTAL: So what exactly did I tell by your thesis are on this paper.
BALLINAS: The working title sir is “Succession Planning of Reservist Officers in the AFP: Building Up
Leadership Continuity” sir.
MACALINTAL: Okay, what is your goal in having, or what is your objective with coming up with this title?
Is it already approved by the school?
BALLINAS: Yes, sir it is. We are on data gathering already sir.
MACALINTAL: Alright. Who is your adviser in this topic?
BALLINAS: Col. Ocudjia of class 1993 sir.
MACALINTAL: My classmate. Saan ba sya assigned ngayon, si Col. Ocudjia?
BALLINAS: He is with us on special details sir with the office of Gen. Mapago at the Veterans and Retiree
affairs office at the DND. But he is from ARESCOM sir.
MACALINTAL: So he is not connected anymore with ARESCOM?
BALLINAS: Just recently sir he is not connected with ARESCOM sir since last August.
MACALINTAL: So, attached pa sya sa ARESCOM? Dun pa ba sya assigned?
BALLINAS: Hindi na po sir.
MACALINTAL: Ah okay. Kasi nga si Col. Raffy and nakakausap ko dun eh.
BALLINAS: He is the Chief of Staff and the Commandant of the ATS sir at the same time.
MACALINTAL: So saang unit ka galing?
BALLINAS: ARESCOM sir
MACALINTAL: Dun ka rin pala, okay. That’s good. So anong position mo before the school year?
BALLINAS: Sir, I am the G1 ARESCOM before I was accommodated to the CGSC sir.
MACALINTAL: That’s why you have the AGS eligibility?
BALLINAS: Yes sir, that is why I am with the Reserve command.
MACALINTAL: Are you saying that you are also from the Reserve component?
BALLINAS: Yes sir, I am. I was called to active duty.
BALLINAS: This is my profile sir as we talk about myself sir. I am from Foundation University of Dumaguete
city sir, I was called to active duty since I am a product of the ROTC program on 01 June year 2000 of the
class OPC 41. And these are a few of my significant assignments sir before the schooling. Then, I also have
very few military schoolings. I used to have the MI (Military Intelligence) for 12 years then I shifted to AGS.
But I have basic and advanced AGS on that matter sir. And then I am married sir, with a seven year old
son. And the schooling is online sir, so now I am now homebased.
MACALINTAL: So the CGSC class is being conducted online?
BALLINAS: Yes sir, because of the pandemic sir.
MACALINTAL: So you have never been in the school since the start of your class?
BALLINAS: I have never been sir.
MACALINTAL: Oh my goodness, I cannot imagine how it does affect the, talagang it’s really.. So, may I
know if Col. Luhico is still in this school?
BALLINAS: No sir, but he is one of our instructor sir.
MACALINTAL: Who is your commandant?
BALLINAS: Our course director is Capt. Mars Cadulan of the Navy.
MACALINTAL: You mean you belong to the current CGSC class, what is the number already?
BALLINAS: It’s already class 69 sir. And class 70 is about to open this 27th sir.
MACALINTAL: So you are about to finish the class?
BALLINAS: Three months more sir since we are scheduled on 16th December.
MACALINTAL: Isn’t that for one year?
BALLINAS: It’s for 9 months only sir, we started on March 16.
MACALINTAL: Sinong Air Force na classmate mo? Classmate mo ba si Allan Reyes?
BALLINAS: Yes sir, and we also have Col. Sarmiento. We are 149 in the class.
MACALINTAL: ilan ba ang klase ng GSC ngayon? Two?
BALLINAS: For this next class, Class 70 sir, I think it’s not Army all sir. But yung nasundan namin na class
sir is a solid Army.
MACALINTAL: Normally kasi nagdadalawa ang klase, isa dyan sa GSQ, isa dyan sa Army. How about your
class? Exclusive?
BALLINAS: AFP sir, Air Force Navy, it’s all services sir. It’s good to have other classmates from the other
services.
MACALINTAL: It’s good to know that you belong to that class.
BALLINAS: Yes sir.
MACALINTAL: Kung nakasama ka sa top 10, that’s good enough. Ang Army, bilib ako dyan. Anyway, as
you have said your topic is about, more on the succession planning of Reservist officers. When you say
Reservist officers of the Armed Forces are you particularly talking about the, like us, in the active service
or are you referring to those who are reservists that are taking AAVT or are active-service taking the ADT.
BALLINAS: Sir, I am referring to the reservist officers those inactive, those who are now in our reserve.
MACALINTAL: But is it right to call that we are reservist officer?
BALLINAS: No sir, we are reserve officers and they are reservist officers.
MACALINTAL: Once you say reservist officer, in the Air Force we are referring to those officers yung
reservist natin dun na nakastandby reserve. That’s my understanding, so in this particular subject you are
referring to officer who came from ROTC reserve force?
BALLINAS: Not on that alone sir, but those are other sources of commission but they are already on the
ready reserve forces and standard reserve forces.
MACALINTAL: Including us?
BALLINAS: No sir, we don’t belong to that reserve force sir. We are just reserve officers but we are in the
active force sir.
MACALINTAL: So this topic is particularly designed for those reservists I am referring to such as those
standby reserve?
BALLINAS: Yes sir.
MACALINTAL: Okay. Buti na maliwanag tayo. So, what is your question? How existing process and policies
affect implementation of succession planning of Reservist Officers in the AFP? What were the gaps? And
what interventions are recommended?
BALLINAS: Yes sir, I have five (5) variables in my study sir, and I recommend sir, if it’s alright with you, we
will discuss each variable sir using the three questions above sir.
MACALINTAL: So you want me to answer the first, second, and third questions?
BALLINAS: Yes sir, for each variable sir. Before that sir, can I present data sir?
MACALINTAL: Okay.
BALLINAS: Thank you sir. This was the data from RESCOM. So I asked those in RESCOMs. I tried to get data
on the, yung mga presently designated reserve commanders.
MACALINTAL: Before you proceed, may I know your objective on choosing the subject? Or of the topic?
BALLINAS: Although we are not encouraged to already have a solution sir, but the succession plan that I
am suggesting sir is giving us the idea to come up with or to formulate with the succession plan for the
AFP reservist officers. The succession plan suggests a one-plan for all the components that pertains to
Human Resource Management of the Reservist forces and the personnel management of the Reservist
officers. And that plan sir will also produce as a ready list for the key positions that we can identify from
this study. Though the present policies are already giving us clear identifications of the key positions sir,
but the reserve forces is copying or mirroring the regular force. So whatever is the data being gathered in
this study sir would be put into that succession plan sir. If there are only slight changes then there would
be slight changes, but surely sir there would be consolidation or one-plan for all the components of
personnel management of the AFP reserve force sir.
MACALINTAL: So that’s all? Okay.
BALLINAS: Well, I am studying on that sir. I tried to gather data that are dilemmas to personnel
management of our AFP reserve force sir. But my focus is reservist officers, the study is limited or is
focusing only on the personnel management of reservist officers. Lalo na sa commander, although most
of our ready reserve commanders are occupying ranks that have the required ranks, others don’t, others
have the basic and advance they only have the CGSC. And then when we say that they were entering the
reserve force with the categories or the group. Then they are overstaying, we used to have only 2 but
because of no ready list for person to take over their stay.
MACALINTAL: The same thing is happening in the Air Force.
BALLINAS: Yes sir.
MACALINTAL: The same problem, there are those that just finished and as a requirement they are not
supposed to be given a position yet until such time that they took the CGSC as a requirement but most of
the time, these officers especially those who are occupying such a position are given priority for the
position maybe for the reason of their expertise in the chosen field but the problem is they cannot get the
position based on qualification because as a requirement it is required that there must be a professional
military education or what we call as the requirement for career courses natin. Advanced course, GSC,
basic, yung mga ganyan. And these people, without basic or advance course, they already occupy in the
position not on permanent but as an officer in charge.
BALLINAS: Yes sir. There are situations that calls for that decision but these are not written.
MACALINTAL: Yes, of course it is not written.
BALLINAS: And this study would help right those who are not in that. That’s why we decided to have the
gaps to be able to right them sir. Kung meron gustong baguhin dun sa parameters sa regular force sir.
Next case, meron tayong 2nd Lieutenant sa army just this 2020. They applied for 1st Lieutenant position
but they were asked for a basic career course in which there is no existing policy on that one. The one that
is existing that the basic course shall be only required when applying for the Captain rank. And so that is
a dilemma sir, and that has to be regulated sir. And these table sir is showing the age bracket of those
officers in the Reserve force. This is army data sir, that shows the situation exists in the major services.
And for the Army data, for the many Brigade commanders, few lang ang merong CGSC, but most of them
don’t have basic and advanced. This could have been their entry, example graduate sila or they are local
executives in the area sir. That is the dilemma sir because the policies, we are to require basic and advance
but we are not doing that in the actual. Thus we have to address something in the policies.
Same with the ready reserve, they have the same problems as the Brigade commanders. Thos are
the shortcomings, the commanders are overstaying. It’s like they are not giving way to those who are
rising up the ladder but it’s because no one is qualified. And so sir may we discuss the first variable:
Identifying key position, and answer the three questions. I would like to hear from you sir. We have
already identified, but are they applicable. Do we have to copy the one with the regular force or we only
have to stop with the brigade commanders since they don’t have a career na dapat aabutin.
MACALINTAL: As to this Variable 1, as to your question on how existing processes and policies affect
implementation of succession planning of Reservist officer. Actually the determination as to the position
is based on the qualification of the officer. As I have said, there is one policy or basis for the promotion as
well as the key position which is circular three, which is applicable to regular officer, and it is sad to say
that it is a standard with respect to the officer and reservist officer. That is actually the basic info that I
can share. Then we have standardized the present promotion as well as determination as to the
promotion system because in the key position must be coupled with corresponding qualification I am
referring to circular three. So anything that is not in accordance with the circular three provision is to the
detriment of our reservist officer because you cannot be given a position if you do not have the
qualification. Of course in the case of the MNSA graduate and GSC graduate who subsequently
commissioned in the reserve commission are of different matters because it is covered by a different
policy and is something that we cannot question, because it is given to them and the rules is, under
statutory construction, what is included should not be excluded and what is excluded should not be
included and that is the basic rule. So we are obliged to follow the standard with this circular three on the
officer promotion system and as such we are duty bound to implement such policy because that is written
unless after this presentation of your commandant papers, if we identify gaps and we make
recommendations for the intervention or something that we can provide for amendment of the policy or
subsequent policy pertaining to this will be of big help to the AFP in general.
BALLINAS: Yes sir, have you in the Air Force experienced or identified gaps in the Key positions?
MACALINTAL: Yes, the problem as I have said is that it emanates from one thing, the qualification. Take
for example, for the key position, just like in my case I am a product of reserve officer, and the same is
true with the reservist officer. If one is not a graduate of GSC or MNSA for that matter, I cannot assume
the position of being a staff, I was the former specialist staff of the commanding general, the office of the
probe marshal before I became the deputy commander of AFRC. Because I have the qualification no one
can question it. Because I am a GSC graduate, and other foreign schooling. In the same manner, if I were
a reservist, if they do not have the qualification no matter how the composition is operating, if they are
not qualified due to lack of education then we have to accept the fact that very few pass the examination.
I don’t know if sa Army ay pareho but even if there are enough quota for the schooling, like GSC, even in
our case we have 15, sometimes, quota for GSC and sometimes hindi naman napupuno yun kasi sa
entrance exams hindi sila napapasa. So how could you question the leadership of our HR or personnel incharge for the problem that we have because the problem is not just a problem of the system but it is a
problem for those who are applying for the position, they must have enough qualifications and to have
that qualification you must have passed the basic requirement and that is the examination given to the
accepted in different formal schooling, and I am referring to basic, advanced, GSC and MNSA. Kasi hind
inga sila na qualify eh, yung iba entrada pa lang ay hindi na sila makapasok so how can you compare that
to the key position.
BALLINAS: May I follow up sir, in the Air Force was it easy for you to replace when a vacant positon
opened? Do you have a potential successor for each key position? Are you only deliberating when a
vacancy happens?
MACALINTAL: That is very timely, because I am about to share to the Board about the designation of the
position to be vacated of those who are overstaying commanders of the ready reserve force. And as of
today, there are some officers who serve the commanders position for more than three to five years,
there is even one who is more than nine years. The maximum period is three years, but the minimum is
two (2) years. That’s why I am very eager to share the chairmanship because my first move is to remove
such an officer, that is already an abuse of position to imagine that one has reached more than nine years.
I think it is already a violation, and for me if there is no qualified especially if those persons/officers you
think are qualified are reluctant of accepting the position. There are people who are qualified but are
reluctant to accept the position, that is the problem. And nakikita ko lang na remedy to remove these
people is to put an OIC for that position just to remove that officer, because if you put an OIC, you will not
be violating any policy even if he does not have the required time in grade, as long as he is a commission
officer and has a minimum of GSC graduate, yun lang ang aking requirement. OIC lang naman eh.
BALLINAS: Do you think sir if we are to groom successors for that key position, do you think walang
mangyayari na ganyan sir, overstaying?
MACALINTAL: Yes, sometimes we are thinking of a beter reservist organization, of course that should be
the case but we also have to accept the fact that sometimes it is also the prerogative of the commanding
general or those who are applying for the position, it is their prerogative to make an appointment and to
say when they have to fire such appointment commander but at the role of the reserve command they
see to it that whatever the policy is on the matter of appointment to key position must be properly
implemented. In other words, kung tapos kana sa period mo, sa three (3) years kung three years ang
maximum, kailangan no if’s not but’s, it is mandatory for you because it is unlawful, it is taboo for an
officer to assume a position when he is not anymore qualified for the position for reason of his violating
the existing rules, so that is very basic we have to follow the law.
BALLINAS: Okay sir, do you think that we need to develop successor for us to do away with OIC, do away
with overstaying?
MACALINTAL: Yes, that is the reason why we have the deputy commander. It is the deputy to prepare
himself to become the commander just in case, the same as with the regular.
BALLINAS: The one who has been staying for nine (9) years, mayroon ba siyang deputy?
MACALINTAL: Yun nga sinabi ko sayo na ayaw naman niyang tanggapin.
BALLINAS: But is he qualified sir?
MACALINTAL: Yes he is qualified, ayaw naman tanggapin ano naman ang magagawa mo dun. You cannot
force a person.
BALLINAS: Is it on the motivation?
MACALINTAL: He is already satisfied with his position, and not only that, it is good enough that we have a
directive. I know that you are pretty much aware of it. Last June 30, 2021, we had already a directive or a
memo from the DND giving priority to reserve officer to occupy position, a management position in the
reserve force that includes the J9 RESCOM, and precluding the graduate of the PMAs to occupy the key
position in the Armed Forces. That’s the reason why it is very timely that maybe, that’s the very reason
why I’m the first to occupy the key position in the Air Force. Because otherwise, we cannot anymore
improve the system because nobody will say there is something wrong because if you are in the regular
then it will only serve the pagiging self-serving on their part. Of course they will not remove themselves
from their position, although from the title itself, AFP reserve command, is not entitled for AFP regular
command from the title itself.
BALLINAS: Okay sir, can I proceed to Variable 2 now sir?
MACALINTAL: Yes, okay.
BALLINAS: Determining Competencies, they are all interrelated variables sir. So competencies, this is for
our commanders, OICs, battalion wing, etc. This will go with the present set-up sir, we are mirroring with
the regular force? The criteria that we have now sir, is that alright, nothing to change?
MACALINTAL: I think, as with what I’ve said, yung competencies natin ay napakahalaga nito. Makikita
natin dito, we have to admit that mayroong mahuhusay, there are so many qualified reservists but
competencies are matters that can be shown on the basis on accomplishing the mission. Meaning, maybe
you are competent in some aspects but not on different aspects. For example, an engineer, you cannot
expect an engineer to be good in the administrative matters or pertaining to law matters or medical
matters, so it depends upon the qualification of an officer to be competent. Maybe he is competent in
engineering work, but not competent in administrative matter. So, I still believe that there is not problem
with this because the standard within the regular and the reserve will always defend on the basis of your
qualification as to your professional courses.
BALLINAS: But how about sir, on the case that direcho na ng GSC without passing the basic and the
advanced, will that be alright sir? Because they already have the ranks because they entered the
commissionship?
MACALINTAL: I don’t know if there are. I think this is only given to those highly-technical courses. Let’s
say a group commander in our reserve group who does not have the qualifications as to advance but
given—Actually, sometimes they are advanced, they cannot be promoted to Captain without the basic
course.
BALLINAS: But they entered the commissionship in the rank of Major because they graduated Masteral
and Lieutenant Col. because they graduated. So. Na fore-go na yun sir? They have the rank already, but
the PMA is not yet acquired.
MACALINTAL: As I have said, there is different law, there is a different policy granting the right to those
who are MNSA graduate to be commissioned as Lieutenant Col. They are the chief of industries and they
are very much qualified. I have one classmate who is the assistant asset from the DND and sometimes
USEC, of course you cannot question them of their qualification, they are lawyers, they are doctors, and
they graduated from MNSA and it is covered by Law, by the policy or by the directives that if you want to
be commissioned in the reserve force, you have to take also the corresponding CGSC if you want to be
promoted into the next higher rank of colonel but once you graduate or finish MNSA you are already
Lieutenant Colonel.
BALLINAS: Yes sir, so wala kayong nadetermine na gap on this one?
MACALINTAL: Ang nakikita ko na gaps dito Agnes is the fact that ang ating reservists ay hindi nabibigyan
ng equal opportunity based on qualification, nandoon na ako na there are quota for reservists applying to
take the advance and CGSC courses, but as I have said, very few are passing the examination. Siguro yun
ang nakikita kong gaps. Let’s say there are two slots or quota for the reservists, sometimes nakukuha pa
yan ng regular kasi walang nagqualify, walang napapasa, but you cannot blame the system, you cannot
blame the school, or your branch of service because it is failure of our applicants to pass the examination
so that serves as a gap to become a CGSC graduate. The same with the other courses, yung advance
course, bakit Lieutenant ka lang hindi ka na maging Kapitan kasi hindi ka nakapasa dun sa qualifying
exam. Those are the gaps I see. Yung succession napipigil, yung promotion nila napipigil, hind inga sila
naka-qualify. Bakit, nakikita mo ilan ba ang time in grade ng Lieutenant to Captain, four (4) or three (3)
years. Now, bakit mayroong more than four pero hindi parin sya Captain? Kasi wala syang advance course,
ano yung reason? Hindi sya makapasa ng exam quota.
BALLINAS: We need to enforce that in the Reserve force.
MACALINTAL: Yes, yun ang gap natin.
BALLINAS: But the intervention sir?
MACALINTAL: Ito ang nakikita ko na intervention, this is the same with the basic, advance, and CGSC
course. Ang nakikita ko na intervention is ito, why not give a special advance course or CGSC course, let’s
say for those reservists special class to cover five years, lahat na bumagsak ng limang taon, nakaraan
magbigay tayo ng class na exclusive for them para ma-fill up natin yung mga vacant position, in the future
we can produce many, special class. I don’t think na hindi sila makapasa, sometimes there are also
regulars who fail in the examination. Mahirap talaga, kasi sa examination is not not only written, there is
also mental, pwede kang pumasa sa lahat pero hind isa oral interview. Siguro kung pwede nating sabihin
na let’s have a moratorium to have at least one special class exclusive for the reservist officers for CGSC,
one for basic and one for the advance. Ano ba yung purpose ng ating Reserve force? To be the base for
expansion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. And how could you have a base for expansion if you kill
these people, if you kill their career because of their failure in the exam? We cannot anymore comply with
the provision of the RA 77 which is very basic, the very mission of the RA 77, the provide for base for
expansion.
BALLINAS: Allow me to move to the third slide sir, Determining Qualifications.
MACALINTAL: Katulad ng sinabi ko sa iyo kanina. Parang it boils down to one issue, more on the
qualification, of course, it is the prerogative of the command to select people who have the qualifications
for the position even among the negatives. Not only the qualification, sometimes it is the prerogative of
the command to select whoever is best qualified among the candidates, even if you are qualified, if you
do not have the trust and confidence of the selecting authority, how could you be given the position. So,
qualification alone is not enough to be positioned into a good position. Maybe you are qualified, but you
do not have the trust and confidence of the commander.
BALLINAS: So sir are we already satisfied with the qualification we are imposing onto our reservist
officers?
MACALINTAL: Yes, so far. Because once we are in the service, as I have said, there must be a standard.
The reservist cannot claim that they have their own policy exclusive for them, what I am asking is the basis
for the schooling to be qualified. Yun lang muna tayo, intervention muna tayo dun.
BALLINAS: How about the TIG sir? Can we discuss the TIG (Time in Grade). Do we have to follow with that
for the regular course or are we a little bit lighter for the reserve force?
MACALINTAL: Yes, because actually maliwanag naman yun sa RA 77. We cannot commission the
qualification is, kung sa retirement age natin is 56, sa reserve is 64. You cannot anymore be commissioned
if you are more than 64, but below that age you can be commissioned.
BALLINAS: How about the medical qualifications sir? Are we to pursue the same parameters with the
regular course? Is that a good qualification?
MACALINTAL: I think we have to be lenient when it comes to medical because you cannot expect—of
course, am I referring to medical requirements for the commission or are those medical requirements for
the qualification?
BALLINAS: For qualification sir.
MACALINTAL: Standard kasi yan eh, hindi natin pwede baguhin yan.
BALLINAS: Same thing with the PFT, like that.
MACALINTAL: Yes, standard yan. We have to follow that.
BALLINAS: And we can say that the standard that we have is good. Can we proceed with the next variable
sir, Selection for Training.
MACALINTAL: The best qualified should be trained.
BALLINAS: Do they have to undergo the ladder of PMA that we have? Basic, advance, CGS, MNSA?
MACALINTAL: Yes.
BALLINAS: Other than that sir, the policy of that MNSA grad, they should go up with the ladder, following
the ladder.
MACALINTAL: Follow the ladder, with the exception if their school or our education, bigyan tayo ng chance
na those reservist who failed in the examination. Let’s say three to five years.
BALLINAS: Sir, do you always identify candidates for sending for training sir?
MACALINTAL: Actually, yung ating candidates is always voluntary on their part.
BALLINAS: No need to program them? We will wait for them to volunteer?
MACALINTAL: There is already a program, in fact we have quota. But the problem is, how to be qualified?
BALLINAS: is the training ladder that we have sir effective?
MACALINTAL: I think it is effective because the AFP today is different from before in the sense that this
time we are already given an almost equal opportunity. I said almost equal opportunity so long as you are
qualified for the position.
BALLINAS: The same like, CGSC is a requirement for group commander?
MACALINTAL: Yes, of course. At least you must be enrolled before you become an OIC. Dapat enrolled ka
ng CGSC before magiging OIC.
BALLINAS: How can we intervene the dilemma that we put commanders as OIC because they don’t have
this CGSC sir? We always place someone as OIC because he has no CGSC qualification.
MACALINTAL: As I have said, we have to select as OIC people who are already at least, as the minimum
requirement, those who are presently enrolled, that is the best intervention. Otherwise, kung ilagay mo
diyan ang wala pang CGSC, eh kung hindi na sya kumuha paano na natin ma-ensure that the succession
will be proper, whereas if he is a student or about to finish his CGSC, the tendency is that these people will
be knowledgeable with the command structure.
BALLINAS: Yes sir. So the succession that we have sir as a required training ladder, it is effective and it
just needs to be enforced. For the last variable sir, Selection for Promotion. This will give morale, just like
with the regular troop sir. This will be managed properly, this will give morale. So what can you say? What
is your take on this?
MACALINTAL: Actually, promotion is not a matter of right, it is just a privilege for those people who are
qualified to be promoted. You must have to make sure that you get your promotion because you are
qualified and the basic requirement is that you must have the PME (Professional Military Education), to
get your promotion, second you must be physically fit, and of course you have to pass through the
promotion selection board process. Nandyan yung interview, nandyan yung QRS, and other requirements.
BALLINAS: Do you believe sir that the criteria that we have is still a standard?
MACALINTAL: Yes, that is a standard. You have to pass through that. But sometimes nagiging lenient
naman yung board of senior officer when it comes to reservist. Sometimes during the interview mayroong
mga RESCOM commander, especially if those candidates will be occupying a top key position, isinasama
nila yung RESCOM commander.
BALLINAS: We are aware that wala naming quota ang promotion ng reservist unlike the regular, right?
MACALINTAL: Yes.
BALLINAS: So they have the better side?
MACALINTAL: Yes, so long as they are qualified.
BALLINAS: So this was not enjoyed very much sir, why? Why are not all given the chance to be promoted?
What is the gap in there sir?
MACALINTAL: The gap is that they are not qualified, they lack the PME courses.
BALLINAS: So we intervene by giving them a quota for schooling?
MACALINTAL: There is already quota. The problem is, the qualified personnel are those people who failed
in the examination. So, sabi ko nga s aiyo, the intervention will give them the chance to take separately
those who failed in the examination, for them to recover at least 5years for our reservists to be added.
BALLINAS: Do we need to be very strict with the Time In Grade sir in promoting them?
MACALINTAL: Time in grade is the minimum hindi naman natin pwedeng alisin yun, hindi naman pwede
na within a year after promotion tatalunin pa niya ang regular. Okay pa rin yun. We have to follow the
standard. Wala na tayong i-add to make it better.
BALLINAS: Everything is better in the promotion policy sir?
MACALINTAL: Yes.
BALLINAS: Do you think even without the law or the Republic act, the reserve force plays a vital role in the
defense of the country sir?
MACALINTAL: Yes, it plays a vital role because, as I have said, the very purpose of the reserve force law is
to provide a base for expansion, second, to assist during the rescue and relief operations during disaster
and calamities, as we know, and the reserve force also provides or assists in the socio-economic
development and also to assist in the maintenance in the utilities of the vital government properties.
BALLINAS: Yes sir. Do you think sir that we need to put in one plan or in one paper all the policies pertaining
to personnel management of reservist officers? Because the components are scattered sir, we have
business officer, circular, left and right, do you think there is a need to put them in one place.
MACALINTAL: Yes I think there is a need so that the issues and concern of our reservists will easily be
addressed and known by our reservists. It will be helpful to the reservists organization. Tayo nga mismo,
administrators, sometimes nagkakaroon ng problem ana hindi nakikita agad, ano ba yung problema natin
sa promotions, etc.
BALLINAS: I would like to thank you sir for giving me time sir, and contributing to my CGSC paper sir.