Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, center, smiles as outgoing Armed Forces Chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr., left, congratulates his successor Gen. Alexander Yano during a Change-of-Command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo at Manila's Quezon city Monday, May 12, 2008. In her remarks, Arroyo pardoned nine military officers who apologized after being convicted of a 2003 coup plot, saying that the country yearns for stability not "political shenanigans."