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Sinas not keen on extending stints of PNP chiefs: ‘Para mapagbigyan naman ang iba’


Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Debold Sinas on Thursday said the short stints of the country's top cops do not affect the implementation of long-term programs of the police force.

During a Senate hearing on the series of killings in the country, Senator Richard Gordon asked if Sinas would be in favor of a bill that would set a specific term of two years for the PNP chief in a bid to address the "revolving door" issue.

"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.

He will 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.

Gordon said the need of the public for a more stable PNP leadership outweighs the need to accommodate the promotion of police officials.

"In other words, ang policy is pagbigyan naman natin ang ibang kaklase natin? Pero ang dapat pagbigyan 'yung madla, ang ating mga kababayan," the senator said.

Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, a former PNP chief also under the Duterte administration, tried to help Sinas explain his position.

"Siguro 'yung gustong punto na i-drive ni General Sinas is that it's not how long you serve, but it is how you serve. 'Yun ang gusto niya i-emphasize," Dela Rosa said.

Gordon replied with a joke, "I don't like to make any sexist statements here pero parang quickie, parang quickie 'yan ah."

After Dela Rosa stepped down from the PNP in 2018, the police force already had four others chiefs—generals Oscar David Albayalde, Archie Gamboa, Camilo Cascolan, and the incumbent Sinas. — RSJ, GMA News

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