{"id":54190,"date":"2015-07-03T23:07:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54190"},"modified":"2015-07-03T23:07:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T15:07:42","slug":"pnp-executes-ombudsmans-order-to-dismiss-purisima-9-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/03\/pnp-executes-ombudsmans-order-to-dismiss-purisima-9-others\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP executes Ombudsman\u2019s order to dismiss Purisima, 9 others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Alan Purisima (Photo from Journal Online)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Former Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Alan Purisima and nine other officials were formally dismissed from service in compliance with an Ombudsman\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is part of the PNP\u2019s compliance with the Ombudsman. We were given five days to comply and we will send this document to the Ombudsman as proof of compliance,\u201d PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. Wilben Mayor said in a press briefing.<\/p>\n

Aside from Purisima, the nine other PNP officials ousted from their posts were Police Chief Supt. Raul Petrasanta, Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto, Senior Superintendent Allan Parre\u00f1o, Senior Supt. Melchor Reyes, Supt. Lenbell Fabia, Chief Inspector Nelson Bautista, Chief Inspector Sonia Calixto, Chief Inspector Ricardo Zapata Jr., and Senior Inspector Ford Tuazon.<\/p>\n

The police officials were ordered dismissed from service in connection with their anomalous transaction with a courier service. They earlier served six-month preventive suspensions.<\/p>\n

The PNP\u2019s dismissal order was signed by Deputy Director General Danilo Constantino. The police officials were then forfeited of retirement benefits and barred from government employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy virtue of this document, the records of these police officials will indicate that they have been dismissed, so the personnel and accounting service, the finance service and retirement service will be furnished copies as well,\u201d Constantino said.<\/p>\n

The sacked PNP officials, for their part, could file a motion for reconsideration with the Ombudsman or bring the matter to the Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n

Collateral damage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Petrasanta\u2019s inclusion in the sacked PNP officials took away any chances he had of being appointed as the next PNP chief.<\/p>\n

The former police chief was supposedly scheduled to return to his office after serving his preventive suspension.<\/p>\n

Petrasanta\u2019s lawyer Alex Avisado Jr. then regarded to the dismissal as a \u2018collateral damage\u2019 which was \u2018obviously designed to derail his appointment as the next PNP chief,\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ombudsman wrongly assumed that it was PCSupt. Petrasanta who recommended Werfast to be the exclusive courier of PNP,\u201d Avisado said, adding that his client will definitely file an appeal. \u201cShe (Ombudsman) would have easily concluded that there was no basis to include Gen. Petrasanta in this Werfast anomaly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aside from Petrasanta, other contenders for the top PNP post were Deputy Director General Marcelo Garbo, Director Benjamin Magalong and Director Juanito Va\u00f1o.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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