{"id":26029,"date":"2014-09-17T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T02:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26029"},"modified":"2014-09-17T10:51:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T02:51:44","slug":"pnp-chief-ditches-sen-poes-meeting-on-police-criminality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/17\/pnp-chief-ditches-sen-poes-meeting-on-police-criminality\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP Chief ditches Sen. Poe\u2019s meeting on police criminality"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13719\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Grace-Poe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13719\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Grace-Poe.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Grace Poe - Llamanzares. Photo from Poe's official Facebook page.\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Grace Poe &#8211; Llamanzares. Photo from Poe&#8217;s official Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8211; Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the committee on public order, voiced her disappointment over the non-attendance of Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Alan Purisima at her committee&#8217;s hearing concerning crimes involving police officers and possible laws to bring the police force up to speed with modern times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve sent a letter two weeks ago and we received word that he is going to attend,&#8221; said Poe. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it takes an expert to realize that what&#8217;s being discussed nowadays is the rising criminality. And this is the best forum for him to explain the need to have these modernization bills passed,&#8221; Poe said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So for the record why is he not here? What is he attending to today?&#8221; she queried.<\/p>\n<p>To shed some light on the matter, the senator, resorted to asking Purisima&#8217;s subordinates to explain his whereabouts during the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no real knowledge of his schedule, but I will surely convey your dismay and concerns,&#8221; Chief Supt. Alexander Ignacio, PNP&#8217;s director for plans, replied to Poe\u2019s questions.<\/p>\n<p>Poe reiterated that Purisima\u2019s attendance was vital in order for him to have defended himself and the PNP, especially in light of the September 1 highway robbery- abduction incident involving ten police men.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has gone far too long relying on spokespersons to speak for him. The President himself answers issues that are asked by the public of his office. I don&#8217;t see any reason why the PNP chief should be exempt from having to directly address the people,&#8221;Poe said, as she emphasized that part of Purisima\u2019s job is to address the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8211; Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the committee on public order, voiced her disappointment over the non-attendance of Philippine &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":13719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[7838,7851,7850],"class_list":["post-26029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","tag-edsa-hulidap","tag-pnp-chief-purisima","tag-sen-grace-poe","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}