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SOUNDING BOARD
Monday, October 07, 2002
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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's blunder - transferring the police from national to local. Maybe Mrs. Arroyo should be reminded of the rationale for the creation of the Philippine "National" Police (PNP) - it's basically to shield the PNP from being "captured" by local politicians. In effect, you prevent them from functioning as private armies of the Mayor. Or maybe she needs a refresher on Political Science 101. A Presidential memorandum do not have the power to revise a law passed by Congress. You need another law to amend the Philippine National Police Law. I thought that was so simple. How could she have missed that? Ah, sometimes looking ahead (to 2004 perhaps?) can blind one's present view of things.
posted by Allan at 7:25 PM (GMT+8)
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