- BERT BAYORAN
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Roberto Ancan, of Victorias City in Negros Occidental, is the new Senate Sergeant-at-Arms.
Ancan, who retired from the military service in 2021 as commanding general of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command, was recommended by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri for the position, with Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, who sponsored his nomination during the Senate plenary session.
Ancan said he took his oath of office before Zubiri Monday.
He replaced retired Maj. Gen. Rene Samonte.
Dela Rosa said the Senate is fortunate to have Ancan be responsible in maintaining security and order in the Senate, describing him as a decorated military general.
“I am not simply nominating Gen. Ancan for the position of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, I am more fundamentally nominating an honorable man for yet another opportunity to exercise selflessness, and by extension, utmost bravery,” Dela Rosa, who also served as PNP chief, said./GB
