A blame game between Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Oscar Albayalde and former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) chief Benjamin Magalong erupted on Tuesday as the Senate started its probe on the involvement of rogue policemen in the recycling of illegal drugs.
Former PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group director and Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong and Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde
“Binulag ba siya ng mga tao niya? Hindi ko sir alam. Pero the SOP is almost every 30 minutes or an hour, lalong-lalo na pag may nakuha nang high profile at significant, nagfe-feedback na yong kanyang [mga tao] ,” he pointed out. “Seemingly, we are being blamed on the problem on illegal drugs now…My question is, bakit ganito kalaki ang problem sa illegal na droga when in fact there are people there like Gen. Magalong, he was the chief CIDG, then he was the director of DIDM. He could have done everything with all his power, with all his authority to address this…and now we are being blamed,” Albayalde said.
Contradicting Albayalde’s rants, Magalong said he had been religious in following up the criminal cases he filed against the 13 Pampanga policemen involved in the anomalous operation, only to be informed that the Department of Justice has yet to act on charges. Gordon called out the PNP chief for pointing fingers, maintaining that the latter, as the provincial director should have kept in touch with his men and should also have acted against them.“[It] Doesn’t matter! If I was relieved I would say I want to fix it. Give me a chance, I’ll fix it. You are pointing fingers. We all have a problem and we all have to put our heads together,” Gordon told Albayalde.
He also mentioned a recent meeting with President Duterte and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency head Aaron Aquino where Aquino supposedly said that Albayalde called him up and tried to block the dismissal order.
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