President Duterte has broken his silence and remained firm about his trust over Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronaldo dela Rosa.
During Dela Rosa's 55th birthday celebration at PNP headquarters at Camp Crame last night, the President said that Dela Rosa will stay as chief of police and still has his complete trust. As a matter of fact, Duterte has put his entire trust in Dela Rosa to carry out his administration's war on drugs.
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez had called on Dela Rosa to resign following the kidnapping and grisly murder of a South Korean businessman right inside Camp Crame by members of a police team tasked to carry out Oplan Tokhang, code name for the drug war.
Before last night’s party, Dela Rosa had said he was insulted by the calls for him to resign, especially from another staunch Duterte supporter.
The Speaker represents a district in Davao, where Dela Rosa served as city police chief when Duterte was mayor.
According to Alvarez, Dela Rosa has to resign to spare the President from embarrassment over the kidnapping and murder of South Korean Jee Ick-joo. However, he stressed that there was nothing personal in his call for the PNP chief to resign.
Policemen detained Jee with a fake arrest warrant on Oct. 18 with the intent of holding him for ransom, but killed him on the same day. They extracted P5 million in ransom from Jee’s family without telling them he was dead.
Source: Philippine Star
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