ANTI-crime and -corruption advocates on Friday said Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. should follow suspended Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima’s decision and also resign because of his involvement in the tragic Mamasapano clash that killed 44 elite police commandos.

According to Dante Jimenez, founding chairman of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), the reported resignation of Purisima should not serve as way for Ochoa and other government officials behind the “top secret” operation to escape liability.

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