In a separate statement on Saturday, Duterte thanked the AFP for activating the VPSPG following her camp’s request “that a security unit separate from the [PSG] be created and be assigned” to her and her family. READ:
MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines has activated the Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group – a “separate” unit from the Presidential Security Group – for vice president-elect Sara Duterte.The VPSPG will “ensure the safety and security of the Vice President of the Philippines and her family,” the AFP said in a statement released Saturday, June 25. The VPSPG was activated on Friday, June 24.
The VPSPG was formerly called the Vice Presidential Security Detachment, the unit that was assigned to outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo and her family. The Vice Presidential Security Detachment was not attached to the PSG, according to the AFP. In a separate statement on Saturday, Duterte thanked the AFP for activating the VPSPG following her camp’s request “that a security unit separate from the [PSG] be created and be assigned” to her and her family.Duterte said it is important to have an independent group that will secure and protect Philippine vice presidents.
She also said the VPSPG “may be expected to solve the challenges if, in future elections, the vice president and the president face the misfortune of having strained relations.”The security unit will be headed by a security official with an O-6 rank, usually a colonel or a navy captain. Lieutenant Colonel Rene Giroy, who was previously assigned to the PSG, will be the first commander of the VPSPG. –
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