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MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) will map out plans with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for a course of action for erring policemen.
In a message to newsmen on Tuesday, Secretary Menardo Guevarra said DILG Secretary Eduardo Año and PNP chief General Guillermo Eleazar also “expressed their support to the DOJ-led panel reviewing cases of deaths arising from illegal drug operations".
"The DOJ will meet with the DILG and PNP in the coming days to discuss ways to accelerate disciplinary/ legal action against erring police officers," Guevarra said.
In previous interviews, Guevarra admitted that “in more than half of the records reviewed, the law enforcement agents involved failed to follow standard protocols pertaining to coordination with other agencies and the processing of the crime scene".
Guevarra said police officials began internal investigations and recommended administrative and criminal actions.
The inter-agency panel was created by the DOJ in June 2020, following a report from United Nations that "serious human rights violations" in police operations have been committed in the war against drugs.
At that time, the panel started probing 5,655 anti-drug operations that resulted in deaths. (PNA)
