{"id":234515,"date":"2019-10-14T01:29:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T05:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=234515"},"modified":"2019-10-14T01:29:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T05:29:12","slug":"albayalde-has-had-enough-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/14\/albayalde-has-had-enough-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Albayalde has had enough: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWell, that\u2019s his call. I can only speculate that perhaps he had enough of the innuendo and the accusation he feels were false and unfair,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in an interview over CNN. (File photo:<\/a> Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— General Oscar Albayalde resigned as chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) because he is tired of hearing “false and unfair” accusations about his involvement in illegal drugs, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, that\u2019s his call. I can only speculate that perhaps he had enough of the innuendo and the accusation he feels were false and unfair,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in an interview over CNN.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said that his family was suffering, so he made that call,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Asked if there was pressure from the Palace, which prompted Albayalde to resign, Panelo said: \u201cNone that I know of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panelo said he would soon be meeting President Rodrigo Duterte to ask his reaction to Albayalde\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n

The Palace official said that the Senate could recommend the filing of charges against Albayalde if investigation results find probable cause or any commission of any transgression of a law.<\/p>\n

Albayalde announced his decision to relinquish his post as PNP chief and go on non-duty status during Monday\u2019s flag-raising ceremony in Camp Crame.<\/p>\n

He is scheduled to tender his compulsory retirement on Nov. 8 when he turns 56. However, last week, he said he was leaving his post on Oct. 29.<\/p>\n

He said Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o has accepted his letter of intent to go on non-duty status and endorsed it to the President.<\/p>\n

PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac said that Lt. Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa will serve as officer-in-charge.<\/p>\n

In November 2013, Albayalde, who was the provincial police director of Pampanga at that time, was accused of protecting his subordinates who pilfered shabu (crystal meth) in a raid.<\/p>\n

In a Senate hearing, former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief and now Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong claimed Albayalde deferred the dismissal order against his subordinates.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former CIDG deputy director, Col. Rudy Lacadin, claimed Albayalde admitted receiving money from the reselling of drugs but \u201conly a little.\u201d<\/p>\n

Albayade denied these allegations claiming other police generals were ganging up on him and vowed to file charges against them<\/p>\n

He claimed he was not among those charged and that the cases were dismissed in 2017 for \u201cinsufficiency of evidence\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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