PNP in Central Luzon to meet with DILG to diffuse political tension in Jaen
Published February 11, 2021 12:03am Philippine National Police chief Police General Debold Sinas on Wednesday ordered the PNP s regional director in Central Luzon to make representations with the Department of the Interior and Local Government to help diffuse the political tension in Jaen, Nueva Ecija. In a statement, Sinas said he instructed PNP regional director for Central Luzon Police Brigadier General Valeriano de Leon to coordinate with the DILG in the region. “The explosion at 8:00PM on Tuesday in Poblacion Jaen has all the indications of political motive apparently related to the contested mayoral seat of the Municipality of Jaen, Sinas said.
Published February 10, 2021, 8:39 PM
Gen. Debold M. Sinas, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered the Central Luzon regional police commander to intervene in the immediate solution of the political standoff in Jaen, Nueva Ecija amid concerns that it may result in an uncontrolled spark of violence soon.
PNP Chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
The PNP has been observing apolitical stand on the quarrel between Antonio Prospero Esquivel and Sylvia Austria who are both insisting that they are the legitimate mayor of Jaen town but the last straw for Sinas was when an explosion occurred in the town proper on Tuesday night.