{"id":255670,"date":"2020-05-21T07:56:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T11:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=255670"},"modified":"2020-05-21T07:56:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T11:56:51","slug":"malacanang-says-cases-filed-against-sinas-to-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/21\/malacanang-says-cases-filed-against-sinas-to-proceed\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaca\u00f1ang says cases filed against Sinas to proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sinas has apologized but insisted that there was \u201cnothing wrong\u201d with the celebration, claiming that photos during the party were “edited”. (File photo<\/a>: PIO NCRPO\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said cases against National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas will proceed despite the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to keep him in his post.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that while Duterte has decided not to fire Sinas, it does not erase the fact that he is still facing criminal charges while an administrative case is also in the works.<\/p>\n

\u201dAng sinabi ni Presidente ay malinaw: Sa ngayon po ay mananatili siya. Pero hindi po natin alam kung ano ang mangyayari sa susunod ng mga araw dahil patuloy po ang proseso<\/em>\u00a0(What the President said was clear: He will stay in his post. But we don\u2019t know what will happen in the coming days because the process is ongoing),\u201d he said in a virtual presser.<\/p>\n

In a public address late Tuesday night, Duterte said he will not fire or transfer Sinas over his birthday celebration that violated quarantine protocols last May 8, saying he is needed in his post.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he prevented Sinas from getting fired or transferred because he believed he is a \u201cgood and honest\u201d officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAko ‘yung ayaw na malipat siya<\/em>\u00a0(I was the one who didn\u2019t want him transferred). He is a good officer, he\u2019s an honest one and\u00a0‘di niya kasalanan na may mangharana sa kanya sa<\/em>\u00a0birthday\u00a0niya<\/em>\u00a0(it was not his fault he was serenaded on his birthday),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he believed that Sinas would have not permitted the gathering if he knew beforehand about the \u201cma\u00f1anita\u201d or the traditional birthday welcome by his colleagues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not believe in just firing him because\u00a0kinantahan siya ng<\/em>\u00a0happy birthday (they sang him a birthday song). I\u2019m sure\u00a0na kung alam ni<\/em>\u00a0Sinas \u2018yan hindi siya pumayag<\/em>\u00a0(if he knew about it, he would have stopped it),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sinas has apologized but insisted that there was \u201cnothing wrong\u201d with the celebration, claiming that photos during the party were “edited”.<\/p>\n

Sinas and 18 other police officers are facing a criminal complaint for alleged violation of City Ordinance 12, series of 2020, which imposes mandatory wearing of face masks and physical distancing, and Republic Act 11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act.<\/p>\n

He was lambasted by netizens after photos of his birthday bash at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City went viral on social media last May 8.<\/p>\n

In the photos released by the NCRPO public information office, which have now been deleted, it can be noticed that the police officials failed to observe safe physical distancing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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