Instead of dismissal, SC orders 1 year suspension of ex-PNP Chief Purisima

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Instead of dismissal, SC orders 1 year suspension of ex-PNP Chief Purisima
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Supreme Court granted partially the appeal of then Philippine National Police Director General Alan La Madrid Purisima who was ordered dismissed by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2015 for grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct and serious dishonesty.

The Supreme Court has granted partially the appeal of then Philippine National Police Director General Alan La Madrid Purisima who was ordered dismissed by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2015 for grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct and serious dishonesty.

Aside from his dismissal from the service, the OMB also ordered the forfeiture of Purisima’s retirement benefits, cancellation of eligibility, bar from taking civil service examinations and perpetual disqualification from re-employment in government service. “Let a copy of this Decision be reflected in the permanent employment record of petitioner Alan La Madrid Purisima. SO ORDERED.”

However, the PNP received numerous complaints against Werfast. An anonymous complaint alleged that Purisima, his friends and cohorts siphoned millions of pesos from the mandatory delivery fees paid by gun owners by entering into a MOA with Werfast on May 25, 2011 despite the latter being incorporated only on Aug. 10, 2011.On April 16, 2014, complainant Glenn Gerard C. Ricafranca filed an affidavit before the OMB.

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