Almost all ranking officials of the Philippine National Police have submitted their courtesy resignation, an official said on Sunday. Read:
Almost all ranking officials of the Philippine National Police have submitted their courtesy resignation, an official said on Sunday.Police Colonel Jean Fajardo said that about 97% or 928 of the 953 PNP officials have complied with the request of Interior Secretary Benjamin 'Benhur' Abalos Jr. to file their courtesy resignation.
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, a retired police general, is part of the five-member committee.Abalos said he will soon announce the other members of the body. 'The process does not end upon the acceptance of courtesy resignation. Even if a police official is allowed to retire for the time being, the monitoring and investigation must continue, to gather evidence that may lead to eventual criminal prosecution.
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