{"id":87501,"date":"2017-02-01T17:21:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87501"},"modified":"2017-02-01T17:21:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:21:37","slug":"reforms-in-pnp-will-rid-the-force-of-rogue-cops-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/01\/reforms-in-pnp-will-rid-the-force-of-rogue-cops-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Reforms in PNP will rid the force of rogue cops \u2013Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malacanang said on Wednesday that the reforms currently being implemented in the Philippine National Police (PNP) will eradicate the scalawags and criminals within the PNP (Pictured). (Photo: Philippine National Police\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013Malacanang said on Wednesday that the reforms currently being implemented in the Philippine National Police (PNP) will eradicate the scalawags and criminals within the PNP.<\/p>\n

“Reforms in the PNP will rid the force of rogue cops,” Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a press statement.<\/p>\n

Abella said the President\u2019s directive to PNP chief Director General Ronald \u2018Bato\u2019 dela Rosa to abolish all anti-illegal drugs units in the PNP is proof of President Duterte\u2019s \u201czero tolerance policy against corruption within the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abella reiterated that extrajudicial deaths that marred the President\u2019s war on drugs are not sanctioned by the government.<\/p>\n

“This is also the conclusion of the Senate\u2019s committees on justice and on public order and illegal drugs. Their joint investigation on deaths during police anti-drug operations shows there is no stated-sponsored policy of extrajudicial deaths,” Abella said.<\/p>\n

“There is relentless effort on the part of the PNP to carry out the campaign properly and within legal processes,” he added.<\/p>\n

In line with the President\u2019s directive to abolish all PNP\u2019s anti-drug units, Dela Rosa ordered also the suspension of the anti-drug Oplan Tokhang which is being used by rogue cops to pursue their own illegal activities.<\/p>\n

As of January 31 this year, the government\u2019s war on drugs has resulted in the surrender of 1.1 million drug personalities; 53,025 arrests and 2,555 neutralized drug pushers and users.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Abella assured United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings Agnes Callamard that President Duterte will not tolerate as he ordered a thorough investigation.<\/p>\n

Callamard welcomed the suspension of Oplan Tokhang but said it must be coupled with an investigation of all the unlawful killings, accountability and reparation.<\/p>\n

“On Callamard\u2019s remarks that the government should look into unlawful deaths, the President has clear directives that extrajudicial killings must be thoroughly investigated according to established internal procedures; the results of which will be made public in due time,” Abella said.<\/p>\n

“We acknowledge the statement of the UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard. However, the war on drugs, as the President has said, continues until the last day of his administration,” he added.<\/p>\n

Abella said the Duterte government \u201cdoes not condone extrajudicial killings perpetrated by common criminals which have been wrongly attributed in some unvetted reports as part of police operations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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