The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to submit to President Duterte next week its findings on the probe on Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde with regards to his alleged illegal drug links and the agency’s recommendation for his replacement.
Albayalde is scheduled to retire on November 8 but will officially leave the service on Oct 29 to allow the President to attend the turnover ceremony before attending the Association of Southeast Nation summit.
DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the Department is conducting an independent investigation on the beleaguered Albayalde who in successive Senate hearings was accused by some retired generals for interceding to void the dismissal of 13 of his former subordinates in the 2013 Pampanga drug operation. The said cops were merely demoted to the next lower rank instead of being dismissed despite being accused of stashing 160 kilograms of the shabu they seized and receiving P50-million from drug suspect Johnson Lee in exchange for his freedom.
Then general and now Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong and former PNP Region 3 Director and current Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director-General Aaron Aquino has pinned down Albayalde for intervening with the intention of supposedly trying to protect his former men. With no intention to intercede in the investigation, Albayalde has denied all the charges saying he merely asked the status of the case as the families of the 13 said cops who were under him went to him to ask for details.Stressing that Albayalde is presumed innocent unless proven otherwise, Año said the allegations and counter allegations between the contesting parties need to be evaluated based on logic, probability and supporting pieces of evidence.
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