A bill has been filed in the House of Representatives seeking to restore the Philippine Constabulary (PC), with the elite Special Action Force (SAF) as the first batch of officers, to concentrate on suppressing domestic security threats, particularly terrorism and insurgency.
The author of the measure, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, has asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent House Bill 3768, which proposes to bring back the PC by revising the 1990 law that created the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the 1998 statute that gave the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) primary jurisdiction over internal security.
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