Send them to jail, where the big-time drug lords continue to operate? Dismiss them from the service, so they can work full time with the syndicates? Or, as Duterte has suggested, "ihulog mo?"
IF former president Rodrigo Duterte would have his way, he would take one of the police officers involved in the 990-kilogram shabu haul in October 2022 on a helicopter ride, flying at an altitude of 20,000 feet, and give him 30 seconds to identify the owner of the drugs. If the officer won t respond, then he will be in free fall.
President Duterte has appointed Police Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao as officer-in-charge of the Philippine National Police (PNP), to replace Gen. Dionardo Carlos who is set to retire on May 8. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed Duterte's appointment. "
Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao (center). (Photo courtesy of PNP) MANILA -Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao, will act as officer in charge (OIC) of the Philippine National Police (PNP), to replace PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos, who is stepping down from his post on May 8 after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56, Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano confirmed Thursday. "The President (Rodrigo R. Duterte) has just designated Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. as Officer In Charge of the Philippine National Police to replace Gen. Dionardo Carlos who is retiring on 08 May 2022," Ano said in a message sent to the Philippine News Agency (PNA). Under the law, Ano explained that a permanent PNP chief cannot be appointed since the Constitution states that the President "cannot anymore issue permanent appointment for executive positions except temporary appointment if there will be an issue on public safety or it will endanger public safety or it will prejudice public service'
President Rodrigo Duterte MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to announce by Tuesday the next chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Duterte made the pronouncement in his prerecorded Talk to the People aired Tuesday morning over state-run PTV-4. This, after Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano submitted the names of police officials who are qualified to succeed outgoing PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos. "Binabantayan nila kung sino ang next PNP chief (They are awaiting who will be the next PNP chief). I assure you that I will act upon the recommendation of Secretary Ano," Duterte said. Duterte said he is still reviewing the list of PNP officials who could be the next PNP chief. "I will review the whole recommendation pati 'yung ano ang nagawa nila, 'yung the whole biodata ng mga contender, and the history of their previous na trabaho nila sa gobyerno (and what they have done, the whole biodata of the contenders, and the history of their previous work i