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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA and MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
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ILOILO – The reshuffling of 22 police chiefs across the province caught the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Iloilo chapter by surprise.
Today, the local chief executives will discuss the revamp, said Mayor Jett Rojas of Ajuy town.
Also the LMP-Iloilo president, Rojas said he himself was not informed by the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) or the Police Regional Office 6 (RPO-6) about the revamp and the reason for it.
PRO-6 director Chief Superintendent Jose Gentiles ordered the revamp.
According to Superintendent Gilbert Gorero, the police chiefs did not perform well in the campaign against illegal drugs from July 1 to Aug. 31.
But Mayor Rey Grabato of Mina criticized the reshuffling. He said his police chief, Inspector Roy Castro, was doing well in the campaign.
Long before President Rodrigo Duterte came into office, Mina was already waging war against illegal drugs, Grabato stressed.
“We started two years ago. So who else will our policemen arrest when we’ve arrested all the drug suspects?” he asked.
Castro was transferred to Anilao town and was replaced by Senior Inspector Ronald Paclibar from the municipality of Dueñas.
Grabato said he was not informed of Castro’s transfer.
At present, local chief executives has the authority to pick their police chiefs.
“They should have informed us of the revamp,” said Grabato.
Cabatuan’s Mayor Ronilo Caspe agreed with Grabato. He said there should have been consultation with the mayors, stressing the importance of trust and confidence between local government executives and police chiefs.
“How can we support the chief of polices if we don’t trust them?” Caspe asked.
A total of 22 chiefs of police were subjected to reshuffling effective Sept. 9. But several days after, the IPPO announced six were excluded because they were new to their posts.
In July, Cabatuan’s chief of police, Chief Inspector Engilbert Banquillo, was removed from office and ordered to report to Camp Delgado (the PRO-6 headquarters) for a “Character Aptitude Development and Enhancement Training.”
But following Caspe’s protestation over Banquillo’s baseless relief over, the police officer was reinstated./PN
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