President Benigno S. Aquino III directed the budget department to look into the looming pension crisis in the AFP and PNP following the discovery that the number of the retired personnel would soon surpass active members.
Budget Secretary Florecio Abad said during the budget hearing in the Senate that the new government discovered that the estimated number of active military men is about 129,000 while the retired personnel is abut 126,000.
Source:
Victor Reyes, Jocelyn Montemayor: "AFP morale high, Aquino told," Malaya 17 February 2011
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