{"id":242609,"date":"2020-01-19T00:38:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T05:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=242609"},"modified":"2020-01-19T00:38:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T05:38:31","slug":"gamboas-honesty-earned-him-pnp-top-post-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/19\/gamboas-honesty-earned-him-pnp-top-post-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamboa\u2019s honesty earned him PNP top post: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge, Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa, says he agrees with the stand of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to reveal the intelligence reports on high-value targets (HVTs) to Vice President and anti-drug czar Leni Robredo, during an interview with reporters on Monday (Nov. 18, 2019). This came as PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said he will only give a copy of the list to Robredo in a closed-door meeting as this contains sensitive and classified information. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— It was the honesty of incoming Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Lt. Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa that earned him PNP\u2019s top post, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark after President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday announced that he is going to appoint Gamboa as the next PNP chief three months after the post was vacated by Oscar Albayalde.<\/p>\n

\u201cAyon sa kanya isa lang naman ang kanyang basis pag nag<\/em>-appoint\u00a0siya,<\/em>\u00a0honesty (According to him, the only one basis for his appointments, honesty),\u201d Panelo said in an interview over dzIQ.<\/p>\n

Panelo explained that although honesty and competence were the two qualities in the President\u2019s criteria in the search for new PNP chief, honesty carried more weight because competence was already expected from his appointees.<\/p>\n

\u201cYung<\/em>\u00a0competence\u00a0kasi,<\/em>\u00a0he already assumes\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0competent\u00a0ka. Trabaho mo \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(As for competence, he already assumes you\u2019re competent because that\u2019s your job),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

During the Thanksgiving Gathering of Fraternal Orders of Eagles in Davao City on Friday, Duterte bared that he is going to appoint Gamboa as PNP chief but only after having a long talk with Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o.<\/p>\n

Duterte earlier gave A\u00f1o blanket authority to supervise the PNP as well as procurement powers.<\/p>\n

The President wanted A\u00f1o to cleanse the PNP before he named the next PNP chief.<\/p>\n

Asked if A\u00f1o would still be in charge of the PNP\u2019s procurement powers despite Gamboa\u2019s appointment, Panelo said he would still have to ask the President.<\/p>\n

Last year, Gamboa was appointed as PNP officer-in-charge while the President has yet to name the next PNP chief.<\/p>\n

The President said he saw Gamboa’s sincerity in his stint as leader of the 160,000-strong police force.<\/p>\n

“I want you to leave something that you will be remembered by the country,” Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Gamboa is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy Sinagtala Class of 1986. A native of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, he has been assigned in various capacities in the Davao Region.<\/p>\n

Other contenders for PNP\u2019s top post were Lt. Gen. Camilo Cascolan, deputy chief for operations and Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, erstwhile Metro Manila police director and now head of the directorial staff among others.<\/p>\n

In October 2019, Duterte said he would be more careful in selecting the next PNP to avoid \u201cstumbling\u201d again.<\/p>\n

Panelo said he did not know if Duterte was referring to former PNP chief Albayalde, who is accused of being involved with \u201cninja cops\u201d or policemen who recycle and sell illegal drugs confiscated during police anti-narcotics operations.<\/p>\n

The President admitted that he found it difficult to name a new PNP chief, noting that honesty was a rare trait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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