Sinas not keen on extending terms of PNP chiefs

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Debold Sinas said that for him, the short stints of the country’s top police official is fine with him as it would not affect the long-term programs of the PNP.

Senator Richard Gordon in a Senate hearing on the series of killings asked Sinas if he is in favor of a bill that would fix a PNP chief’s term to two years.

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“Salamat po sir pero okay na po ako, sir, sa time ng pagserbisyo ko po, sir, para mapagbigyan naman po ‘yung iba,” Sinas, now only two months at the helm of the PNP, responded.

The PNP chief would be retiring in May this year.

“What we could assure you, ‘yung long-term programs namin hindi po namin pinabayaan po ‘yan. Kumbaga we are already institutionalizing at kung sino man po ang maging chief PNP as long as the policies are laid out, tuloy-tuloy po ‘yan,” Sinas said.

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