MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has vetoed the Philippine Nationwide Police (PNP) restructuring invoice attributable to a number of considerations, together with a doable mismatch of pay grades for police cadets in contrast with these underneath the navy and different uniformed personnel (MUP).
In his veto assertion dated July 5, Marcos mentioned he lauds the intentions of the invoice as it might modernize the PNP, “bolster its capabilities, and totally equip the group.”
Nonetheless, the President mentioned there’s a want to make sure that the proposed measure will ship reforms as an alternative of inflicting confusion and going in opposition to present insurance policies and laws.
“First, this invoice introduces fascinating reforms to the PNP, beginning with the initiative to raise the standing of Philippine Nationwide Police Academy (PNPA) Cadets to that of Police Cadets with entry-level remuneration equal to Wage Grade 21, thereby guaranteeing their standing as authorities staff with corresponding advantages and emoluments,” Marcos mentioned.
“But, the grant of remuneration to a selected class of presidency personnel mustn’t trigger pay distortion and disparity in relation to equal counterparts. Nor ought to the grant introduce a disproportion within the hierarchy of remuneration throughout the group. Certainly, the grant of Wage Grade 21 to PNPA Cadets will distort the bottom pay schedule of the [MUP] by creating disparity among the many a number of authorities cadetship applications,” he defined.
Marcos additionally famous that the invoice goes in opposition to the federal government’s rightsizing program as there could also be totally different workplaces performing the identical capabilities.
“Second, the rightsizing coverage of the federal government have to be given important significance. As a lot as doable, we have to stop overlapping capabilities and redundancies, and should adhere to the essential rightsizing rules. But, the invoice goals to institutionalize the Directorial Staffs, Space Police Instructions (APCs), Particular Workplaces, and Help Items,” he mentioned.
“The reorganization established underneath the invoice doesn’t contemplate the practical relationships of the totally different workplaces and fails to make clear reporting traces. Completely different workplaces performing the identical or associated capabilities, all headed by high-ranking officers, will certainly be counterproductive and can defeat the aim of enhancing the span of supervision and administrative management of the PNP Chief,” he added.
Marcos additionally mentioned the proposed liaison workplaces — one for the Workplace of the President (OP) and one other for the Division of the Inside and Native Authorities (DILG) — wouldn’t solely “run counter” to rightsizing however may additionally “pose safety and confidentiality dangers to the OP.”
“The PNP being civilian in nature is already underneath the supervision of the DILG Secretary, who’s the Chairman of the Nationwide Police Fee (NAPOLCOM) and who acts as an alter-ego of the President,” the chief govt defined.
“Given this, the President or the DILG Secretary, or their duly licensed representatives, can immediately talk and coordinate with the Workplace of the Chief PNP. Creating two separate liaison workplaces that can every be headed by a Police Brigadier Common is plainly unwarranted,” he added.
With the veto, the invoice shall be introduced again to Congress for doable amendments.
Nonetheless, the resubmission to the President must wait till at the least July 22, when the nineteenth Congress opens its third common session.
Final March 19, the Home ratified the bicameral convention committee report on the conflicting provisions of the Senate and Home payments searching for to restructure the PNP. With the Home’s ratification, the invoice was despatched for Marcos’ approval.
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Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a former PNP chief, mentioned the bicam panel agreed to make use of the Senate model of the invoice because the working draft.
Dela Rosa additionally famous that the next points have been threshed out by the bicam panel:
- As a part of the mandate of the Philippine Nationwide Police Academy, the PNPA shall recruit cadets from all provinces within the nation
- To maximise the technical experience of PNP officers who joined the service by means of lateral entry, technical officers shall be licensed to be assigned to positions associated to their technical experience exterior of the workplace or unit the place they have been accepted
- Coinciding with the Nationwide Ladies’s Month celebration, the Nationwide Administrative Help Unit Ladies and Youngsters Safety Group shall be headed by a feminine director with the rank of Police Brigadier Common
