The possibility of creating a team dedicated to monitoring government officials, particularly law enforcement officers, who have been removed from service is being looked into by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte said Wednesday night that he would order the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to keep an eye on dismissed officials as he is sure that they would continue engaging in “nefarious activities.”
“I’ll be asking the PDEA to come up with a list of itong lahat ng mga tao in government, lalo na yung law enforcement, na kung sino yung napatanggal kasi may suspetsa ako, hindi lang suspetsa, sigurado ako na gagawa ito ng milagro to continue with these nefarious activity,” he said.
He asked the PDEA to form a team dedicated to monitoring dismissed law enforcement officers.
“So bantayan ito sila. There must be a team dedicated to watch only these guys who were dismissed from the service,” Duterte added.
The President lamented about how there were a lot of law enforcement officers who could easily be bribed.
“If you are bribing or you are in the take that you can be bribed, you should not be there in the service at all,” he said.
According to him, police officers who were involved in crimes such as corruption belong in the streets.
“Those policemen, PNP na ang mga kasalanan itong related sa drugs, pati itong pera, malversation, there’s only one penalty there—they should not be in government. They should be out in the streets,” he said.
He made a warning to incumbent police officers against committing crimes, saying he would not just suspend, but fire them.
“Alam ko wala itong mga trabaho but these guys are really, lalo na yung tumanggap ng pera na sanay sa korupsyon, alam na nila ang laro. Gagawa ito mga paraan para mabuhay. And the easiest way to earn money is to practice the trade of bribery…at alam na kung paano kung sino lapitan…Basta yung droga tsaka bribery, kalimutan niyo na yung suspension. Hindi ako maniwala diyan, paalisin kita,” he said.
