Incoming justice secretary
Vitaliano Aguirre said yesterday he has coordinated with incoming Philippine
National Police (PNP) chief Ronald dela Rosa who promised to assign SAF men to
the NBP.
The NBP has gained a notorious
reputation because of the alleged continued irregularities such as gun running
and illegal drug trade in the prison.
Aguirre said current NBP jail
guards would undergo months of re-training and in their absence, personnel from
the SAF, an elite unit of the PNP, would take over their posts.
“All the jail guards, employees
(image) are tainted, so if there is no evidence to file criminal cases against
them, there should at least be a re-education, re-training,” he said.
The incoming justice chief
believes the SAF is qualified for the task at hand because they even assisted
in the early stages of “Oplan Galugad” at the national penitentiary.
Oplan Galugad aims to preempt
the possible occurrence of criminal activities.
But Aguirre admitted that 75
percent of the illegal drug trade in the country is controlled by those
detained at the NBP, and there is a possibility that the SAF personnel would be
bribed with large sums of money to turn a blind eye to their illegal business.
To prevent this from happening,
he is planning to rotate the SAF men and might even seek the help of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines.
Source: Philstar.com
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