{"id":196695,"date":"2019-01-07T03:49:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T08:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=196695"},"modified":"2019-01-07T03:49:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T08:49:32","slug":"palace-allays-fears-on-pnp-profiling-act-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/07\/palace-allays-fears-on-pnp-profiling-act-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace allays fears on PNP \u2018profiling’ ACT teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIf you\u2019re not doing anything, why should you be afraid? If you\u2019re not doing anything,\u00a0wala namang mangyayari eh\u00a0(nothing will happen),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Teachers who are members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) have nothing to fear about being profiled if they are not doing anything illegal, Malaca\u00f1ang said Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo was reacting to reports that the Philippine National Police (PNP) has called for an inventory of all public and private school teachers \u201cwho are members of or aligned with\u201d ACT.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re not doing anything, why should you be afraid? If you\u2019re not doing anything,\u00a0wala namang mangyayari eh<\/em>\u00a0(nothing will happen),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

Panelo echoed the PNP\u2019s remark, noting that the agency has already denied the profiling of teachers but at the same time stressed that ACT has long been identified with the left.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnang-una, tinanggi na nila iyon. Siguro ang nakikita ko diyan baka iyong pino-profile o mino-monitor iyong mga nakikita ng PNP na maling ginagawa nila<\/em>\u00a0(Firstly, the PNP has already denied that. Maybe the teachers being profiled or monitored are teachers who the PNP have suspected are doing something illegal),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKasi tandaan ninyo iyong ACT is a legal organization na-identified sa kaliwa and sinabi na ng PNP at ng Presidente na may mga legal fronts<\/em>(Because, if you remember, ACT is a legal organization identified with the left and the PNP and the President has also mentioned that they have legal fronts),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo stressed that it is definitely not the policy of the PNP to surveil teachers but defended the PNP can monitor any conspiracies to commit rebellion.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely yung policy is not to surveil teachers. Mahal ni Presidente ang mga teachers. Pero if you\u2019re doing something illegal or irregular, natural lang na trabaho ng pulis yun na i-monitor yung ginagawa mo. Kung may nagrereklamo for intelligence for instance nakatanggap ka ng report<\/em>\u00a0(Definitely the policy is not to surveil teachers. The President loves teachers. But if you\u2019re doing something illegal or irregular, it is natural for the police to monitor what you\u2019re doing. Especially if they received intelligence reports),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

He said if it is true that the PNP is profiling teachers, he believed that it was only profiling the \u201chardcore leaders\u201d who gave police a reason to surveil them.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung halimba may nag-report sayo na itong isang teacher na ito nakitang nakikipag ugnayan sa mga identified NPA or pinagduduhdahan na NPA, kung ikaw ba ay pulis, di mo imo-monitor yung gawa nila<\/em>\u00a0(For example, if somebody reported a teacher seen coordinating with identified NPA or suspected NPA, if you were a policeman, wouldn\u2019t you monitor what they\u2019re doing)? Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, said President Rodrigo R. Duterte has always considered the welfare of teachers since his late mother was a teacher herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng Nanay ni Presidente ay teacher din so malapit sa kanya mga teachers<\/em>\u00a0(The President\u2019s mother is also a teacher that\u2019s why teachers are close to his heart),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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