FORMER senator Panfilo Lacson sees no logic in a statement of Malacañang that the reason why President Benigno Aquino 3rd has not yet appointed a new Philippine National Police chief is that former PNP head Alan Purisima still has not left the service.

According to Lacson, there is no legal provision that prevents the President from appointing a permanent PNP chief just because Purisima, a four-star general, has not retired from the service.

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