The Napolcom has asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to accept the resignations of two generals and two colonels for their involvement in illegal drugs. | dexcabalzaINQ /PDI
Abalos added that the police officers were not yet informed of their fate.
“Napolcom will recommend to the President that he accept these two colonels’ courtesy resignations as well, without prejudice to their administrative liability,” Abalos said during a press conference attended by five members of Napolcom at the Department of the Interior and Local Government head office in Quezon City on Monday.
Newly installed PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., an ex officio commissioner of Napolcom, said that the four were under floating status in the Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit and “are not holding any key positions.”Napolcom vice chair Alberto Bernardo confirmed that all four officials had been previously assigned at the Drug Enforcement Group , the PNP’s main antidrug unit.
“Rest assured that the Napolcom will carry out its sworn duty to supervise and strengthen our police force,” Abalos pointed out, with the commission’s recommendation to the President finally putting a “proper and clean” ending to one of the government’s biggest internal cleansing of the police force.
Acorda said he had implemented a “stricter” background check among all current and incoming antinarcotics police officers as an offshoot of the controversy involving PNP officials in illegal drug trading and recycling.
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