THE Philippine National Police (PNP) said that there is no truth to the allegations made by Senator Panfilo Lacson that it misused NTF-ELCAC funds by using it to conduct census in the different barangays nationwide.
“The PNP is not conducting nor instructing our chiefs of police to ask 30 percent of barangay residents to give their names, contact numbers and addresses for census. We have no use for any census,” the PNP said in a statement.
The statement read that in support of the directives of Executive Order No. 70 and the “whole of nation” approach, the PNP implemented the Intensified Cleanliness Policy, whether it be cleanliness in the office, in the ranks and in the community.
The PNP noted that another approach it did was to “deepen our police community relations programs by working with different communities nationwide, including NGOs and advocacy groups.”
“We are promoting cooperation and coordination between the PNP and the community to improve our services and work hand in hand with members of the community for our anti-drug and anti-criminality efforts, as well as protecting the community, especially the youth from falling prey to syndicates and being recruited by communist fronts.”
It said everything that is being done by the PNP in relation to the NTF-ELCAC funds are above board, and that any investigation that may be conducted will be very much welcome.
The PNP units, down to its lowest units (police stations) are conducting humanitarian assistance and related disaster relief operations through its Barangayanihan Food and Help Bank, which is the PNP’s grassroots engagements program to address the devastating social and economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic, as well as natural and man-made disasters.
All of these programs, the PNP said, are in accordance with NAPOLCOM Resolution 2015-342 or “Resolution to Empower the Philippine National Police to Perform its Role as a Community and Service Oriented Agency Through the Adoption of the Community and Service Oriented Policing System Involving the Local Chief Executives, the PNP and the Community as mandated under Section 2 of RA 6975, as amended by RA 8551.“
Community Mobilization, has been done by the CPP-NPA-NDF and had helped in growing its mass base, and no one questioned them, and in fact ignored them.
The PNP noted that now that it is the one conducting community mobilization to foster its relations, improve cooperation and coordination so they can better serve the people, promote anti-drugs and anti-criminality programs, engage force multipliers to protect the communities, ill-meaning individuals and groups are making it an issue.
“We would like to thank Senator Lacson because this has given us an avenue to air the side of the PNP and to show the projects and programs for the people.”
It said it is not disheartened by such unfounded statements because they know that they are by people who would not want them to succeed, especially the fronts of CPP-NPA-NDF, for the PNP’s success will make people know and realize that they have been deceiving people all along to advance their interest. For the only way they are relevant is when they make it appear that the government is inept and indifferent to the needs of the people.
The government, and the PNP is not in the business of promoting its success and activities to help the people, we just work and are not after any applause or commendations, the statement continued.
The PNP assures everyone, “maganda po ang mga program ng PNP at direkto po itong nakakatulong sa mga tao.”
“Napapansin ng mga kontra-gobyerno ang ating ginagawa, at marahil sila ang nagapalabas ng mga rumors na ito para subukan na pigilan ang ating community mobilization at cleansing programs. Mabuti nalang at si Senator Lacson ay nag-open up about this rumors that came to him.”
So we will use this opportunity to finally bring out and let the people see the projects of the PNP that directly impacts the community, the statement concluded.