Mga ‘bugok’ na pulis sinisi sa pinakahuling SWS survey

SINISI ng Palasyo ang mga ‘bugok’ na pulis sa pinakahuling survey ng Social Weather Stations (SWS) kung saan mayorya ng mga Pinoy ang naniniwala na sangkot ang mga itp sa iligal na droga, extrajudicial killings (EJKs) at pagtatanim ng ebidensiya sa mga suspek.

Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesperson at Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo na hindi naman nawawala sa isang organisasyon ang mga sangkot sa iligal na aktibidad.

“Just like in any organization, the Palace is aware that there are rotten eggs that tend to destroy the integrity of the great institution, that is the Philippine National Police (PNP),” sabi ni Panelo. 

Iginiit naman ni Panelo na dapat ay itinanong din ng SWS ang mga mabubuting nagagawa ng mga pulis.

“In the spirit of fairness, however, SWS should have also fielded a question regarding the good deeds of our policemen in the war against drugs,” ayon kay Panelo.

Idinagdag ni Panelo na 165 pulis na ang nasasawi at 575 ang nasusugatan sa kampanya ng gobyerno kontra droga.

“These figures dispel allegations of critics and detractors on legitimate drug operations and show that drug pushers and addicts actually resort to violence when confronted with a threat of apprehension. Indeed, illegal drugs, particularly methamphetamine or shabu, alter emotions and cause anger and fear on the part of the user so we are not dumbfounded when violent encounters ensue during police operations,” dagdag ni Panelo.

Ipinaliwanag pa ni Panelo na bagamat may mga tiwaling pulis, gumagawa na ng hakbang PNP para linisin ang hanay nito.

“The PNP has done internal cleansing efforts such as the activation of the Counter-Intelligence Task Force (CITF) tasked to go after policemen involved in unlawful activities. We have also been witnesses to this zero tolerance against police misfits when the cop killers of Kian de los Santos were convicted and the entire Caloocan police force was relieved,” sabi pa ni Panelo. 

“As PRRD himself said, ‘There will be hell to pay if you become worse than criminals.m’. Such actions show that we in the Administration are intolerant with any kind of abuse coming from those whose duty is to serve and protect the Filipino people,” ayon pa kay Panelo.