Need to name new PNP chief underscored

With the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) suspended for six months, someone must be appointed to take charge of security preparations for key events in the country next year, a party-list congressman suggested on Friday.

Magdalo Rep. Francisco Ashley Acedillo said Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas 2nd or President Benigno Aquino 3rd himself should name the temporary replacement of PNP Director General Alan Purisima, whose suspension was ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman while he is being investigated for an allegedly anomalous deal with a delivery firm.