PNP welcomes cases against cops linked to drug killings

PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the creation of a top-level PNP coordinating group that will work closely with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in building up a case and filing of criminal complaints against policemen involved in 52 anti-illegal drugs operations which resulted in the death of several alleged drug suspects.

Eleazar assured that the PNP will cooperate with the investigation of the NBI and that the policemen who will be proven liable of any criminal charges will be held accountable without any protection from the organization.

“As chief of the Philippine National Police, I cannot allow and I cannot ignore all of these to persist because what is at stake here, more than credibility that we want to protect, is the honor and dignity of the police organization especially in the eyes of the young and future generations of Filipinos,” he said in a statement on Monday, October 4, 2021.

“After all, we are bound by the strict ethical rules, legal provisions and high moral standards in everything we do as public servants,” he added.

On Sunday, October 3, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra ordered the NBI to conduct a case build-up against 154 policemen who were involved in 52 drug operations which was reviewed by a Department of Justice (DOJ) panel.

Guevarra said the panel found possible criminal liability on the part of the police with regards to the deaths of the drug suspects involved in the said operations.

He said the NBI and the DOJ panel will meet on Tuesday, October 5, to discuss the matter.

Eleazar said more cases will be subjected to review as agreed by the DOJ and the PNP under the guidance of Secretary of Interior and Local Government Eduardo Año.

“We assure the Filipino people that your PNP will remain committed in the search for truth in all of these cases and right now, we believe that we are on the right track in pursuing this commitment,” he said. (Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo / SunStar Philippines)

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