Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar reminded all police personnel against engaging in partisan politics with the election season fast approaching.
PGen Eleazar issued the reminder following Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año’s warning to PNP personnel to remain non-partisan or face dismissal from the service.
“Policemen have no business in politics unless they resign and run for public office or openly support a candidate. We have already mechanisms to isolate the PNP from politics and we will make sure that all of these are in place and are properly observed,” said PGen Eleazar.
“Pinaalalahanan ko lang ang ating mga kapulisan na hanggang 56 years old ang career ninyo sa PNP, mas mahaba ang tour of duty ninyo as policemen kumpara sa mga pulitiko. Kaya huwag ninyong sayangin sa maikling panahon ng kampanyahan at halalan ang mga taon na dapat ay kayo ay nasa serbisyo dahil kung mapatunayan na nakikialam kayo sa pulitika, ang laki ng mawawala sa inyo at kasama diyan ang mga benepisyo gaya ng pension kapag kayo ay nagretiro,” he added.
The National Police Commission, chaired by SILG Secretary Año, recently dismissed from the service six Negros Oriental policemen after finding them guilty of grave misconduct and grave irregularities in the performance of their duty by subjecting in 2017 then Moises Padilla Municipality Vice-Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo to an illegal search and seizure.
After a thorough probe, the Napolcom found that the six PNP personnel subjected Yulo to political harassment as she was planning to run for mayor in 2019 against then incumbent Mayor Magdaleno Peña.
“The incident that happened in Negros Occidental wherein six PNP personnel were dismissed from the service for dipping their fingers into local politics should serve as a warning to all other personnel about the risk they are staking for involving themselves in politics,” said PGen Eleazar.
“Gaya ng babala ni SILG Eduardo Año, aking pinaaalalahanan ang ating mga pulis na huwag na makigulo pa of makisawsaw sa mundo ng pulitika. Huwag po tayong magpagamit sa mga pulitiko na may hindi magandang agenda dahil sa huli, ikasisira lang natin ito,” he added.
According to PGen Eleazar, PNP personnel should instead focus on coming up with measures to ensure an orderly, credible and peaceful national and local elections next year.
“Ang ating pagtuunan ng pansin ay kung paano makatutulong ang PNP na matiyak ang malinis at maayos na halalan sa 2022,” PGen Eleazar said.###
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