PNP on Sara Duterte not singled out in recall of 75 police details

TITLE: PNP on Sara Duterte not singled out in recall of 75 police details TAGS: sara, duterte, news, 75 police, vice president, pnp, philippine national police, rommel, francisco, marbil, singled out, bbm, bong bong marcos, news, politics, pinoy, Description: Due to being short staffed, the Philippine National Police (PNP) transferred the policemen previously assigned to Vice President Sara Duterte to another assignment, according to its chief General Rommel Francisco Marbil. Marbil made the clarification after the Office of the Vice President previously said that Marbil ordered the relief of 75 PNP police and security group personnel. Furthermore, Marbil denied that the policemen were relieved, adding that the cops assigned to Duterte were not “singled out.” “They were not relieved,” Marbil said of policemen in an ambush interview at the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters. “We asked them if they could be transferred. So we transferred them because we really need them in the National Capital Region,” he also said in Filipino. Marbil noted that they also pulled out the security contingent of other retired generals due to lack of personnel, especially in Metro Manila. The top cop said the police personnel who were recalled will be deployed to the National Capital Region Police Office. “I confirm that on 22 July 2024, an Order was issued by the Chief of the Philippine National Police relieving all of the 75 PNP Police and Security Group personnel that were previously assigned for my protection,” Duterte’s statement read. Vice President Sara Duterte won’t be watching President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (Sona) at all, said the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Monday. Vice President Sara Duterte | PHOTO: Official Facebook apge of Inday Sara Duterte MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday confirmed that the Philippine National Police (PNP) pulled out all 75 members of her security group. “I confirm that on 22 July 2024, an Order was issued by the Chief of the Philippine National Police relieving all of the 75 PNP Police and Security Group personnel that were previously assigned for my protection,” Duterte’s statement read. She assured the public that the order would not affect her work. “Tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang ating trabaho upang makapaghatia tayo ng serbisyo sa ating mga kababayan — lalong-lao na sa mga liblib o underserved communities sa ating bansa,” Duterte said. (Our work is still ongoing to distribute services to our countrymen — especially to remote or underserved communities in our country.) I do hope, however, that with this latest directive of the Chief PNP, we hear less cries from the people regarding the proliferation of drugs in the country, and that even fewer shall fall victim to various criminals,” she added. PNP chief Rommel Marbil explained that Duterte’s security is no longer under the PNP, but the Presidential Security Command. He said the withdrawn police officers will instead be used to address the PNP’s shortage of personnel. “Especially sa NCR (National Capital Region) na kulang kulang ang mga tao natin, we have to…nagbawas po kami ng mga tao na hindi naman nila kailangan,” he added.