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RESHUFFLE OF LOCAL POLICE CHIEFS, SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENTS START OF ANOTHER BLITZKRIEG VS. LOCAL LIBERAL STALWARTS
Liberal local executives today sounded the alarm against the start of another administration blitzkrieg against them – this time, through the sudden replacement of police chiefs and schools division superintendents without their knowledge. Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza today revealed that the government has replaced Alaminos City police chief P/Supt. Lloyd Ramiscal Milan with P/Supt. Gerardo Roxas, without the Department of Interior and Local Government sending him an official notice. “Dumalaw na lang bigla itong si Supt. Roxas sa opisina ko, ang sabi niya’y siya na ang kapalit ni Supt. Milan. Hindi ba dapat isinasama kaming mga lokal na opisyal sa usapan tungkol sa pagpapalit ng mga hepe ng pulis sa aming lugar?” Braganza said. “Hindi ko kinukuwestiyon ang kakayahan o integridad ni P/Supt. Roxas. Sa totoo lang, maganda ang bitbit niyang pangalan, baka naman magaling rin siya. Handa akong makipagtulungan sa kanya, pero dapat tama ang proseso ng pagpili sa kanya,” he stressed. Cavite Gov. Ireneo “Ayong” Maliksi is soon to experience the same, as he received reports that Senior Superintendent Alfred S. Corpuz, director of the Cavite Provincial Police Office, will soon be replaced by another police officer, without him being consulted first about such rigodon. “Under local government laws, local executives should first be given a shortlist of five possible replacements before the PNP changes its local guard. This has been disregarded,” Maliksi said. “Naghihinala kaming may kinalaman ito sa paparating na eleksyon, lalo na’t tayo’y nasa oposisyon. Ganito rin ang ibinalita sa amin ng iba pa nating kasamahan,” he added. Meanwhile, Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo received reports that Naga City Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Caridad C. Labe will also be replaced. “I am appalled I have not been consulted nor even formally informed about this. DepEd will have to explain the grounds why she is being replaced and the process they have undertaken. As far as I am concerned, they did not follow the proper protocols,” Robredo said, noting that Provincial and city schools division superintendents will head the Board of Election Inspectors in their jurisdictions come election day. “Nakakapangilabot ang mga pangyayaring ito. Nabalitaan ko rin na sa ibang siyudad o probinsya, lalo na kung nasaan ang oposisyon, nagkaroon na o magkakaroon ng ganitong klaseng rigodon. Ang tanging rason na nakikita ko, malapit na kasi ang halalan,” he said. Robredo, a Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, noted that other Liberal stalwarts in the local arena have been subjected to an earlier blitzkrieg operation. The Commission on Elections 2nd Division belatedly decided on sham recount cases against Bulacan Gov. Joselito Mendoza and Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca. Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio is expecting a similar decision on a recount case filed by Lilia Pineda. Meanwhile, Robredo is also on his toes on a possible decision against him on a sham disqualification case filed against him questioning his citizenship. “Ang tingin namin, tuloy-tuloy na ito. Sabi nga ni Senador Noynoy Aquino at Senador Mar Roxas, hindi magiging madali ang laban natin para sa pagbabago. Pero patuloy nating ipaglalaban ito, dahil sagradong obligasyon natin ito sa ating mga kababayan,” Robredo stressed.
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