The Philippines’ national police chief on Thursday quit his job after a call for hundreds of high-ranking police officers to resign and help cleanse their ranks of the “deep infection” of the illegal drug trade. READ:
Philippine National Police Director General Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. submitted his resignation letter to President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., who appointed him chief in August.
“I heed the call of the honorable secretary of the Interior and Local Government and the concurrent chairman of the National Police Commission,” Mr. Azurin said in his letter. “I am submitting my resignation from the police service voluntarily.” “If you’re not involved, there’s nothing to worry about,” he told a news briefing on Wednesday, adding that those who refuse to quit were deemed “questionable.” “This is the only way to cleanse the ranks in a fast manner. It’s difficult to fight a war when it’s your ally that will shoot you in the back.”
He added that colonels and generals submitting themselves to the committee’s scrutiny would help clear the names of those falsely linked to the illegal drug trade. “That’s why I am asking officials, let us submit ourselves for an assessment and an evaluation by an independent committee whose integrity has been proven.”
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