MANILA, Philippines — Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., the newly-installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, will assign now ex-chief General Nicolas Torre III to the Office of the Chief PNP or at the Public Information Office (PIO) if he would not retire, dispelling speculations of a rift.
MANILA, Philippines — Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., the newly-installed Philippine National Police chief, will assign now ex-chief General Nicolas Torre III to the Office of the Chief PNP or at the Public Information Office if he would not retire, dispelling speculations of a rift.“In the PNP of course if you are not yet retired, or mandatory retirement that is age 56, nobody can force a PNP to retire.
He is there at the Office of the chief PNP or at the PIO,” he said.Only 55 years old, Torre still has over a year to go before retirement.On Tuesday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., through Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, sacked Torre, the man who arrested fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy and former president Rodrigo Duterte, barely three months after taking helm of the police force.
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