He’s off on the right foot.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson said this Saturday of new Philippine National Police chief P/Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, due to his intensified internal cleansing policy.
“Maganda ang kanyang start. Starting off on the right foot. Bago ka maglinis sa labas ng bakuran meaning maghabol ka ng criminal, ang tagahabol muna ang linisin mo,” Lacson, who pursued a similar program when headed the PNP from 1999 to 2001, said in an interview on DWIZ radio.
“The internal cleansing should be continuous. And P/Lt. Gen. Eleazar is right: it is good to start at the recruitment stage, to get rid of corruption and the ‘palakasan’ system,” he added.
Eleazar formally took command of the PNP on May 7. He announced an aggressive internal cleansing program, including for the recruitment process where he vowed to get rid of the “palakasan” system to make sure only the best make it to the PNP.
Lacson recalled that during the early days of the PNP in 1991, former criminals would allegedly pay P30,000 to become policemen in their territories, thus infesting the newly created police force with “hoodlums in uniform.”
Lacson – under whose watch the PNP earned high approval marks from the public – also recalled that when he headed the PNP, he placed a premium on police personnel having good posture and wearing uniforms properly, to earn the public’s respect.
Meanwhile, Lacson said Eleazar can achieve much even with just a six-month term. Eleazar will reach retirement age in November.
“Kahit isang buwan lang kung tututukan niya marami siyang magagawa. Sayang 6 months lang ang term niya. Personally naobserbahan ko ginagawa niya mula sa NCRPO siya. Talagang napakasipag, madaling araw nag-iikot,” he said.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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