There is no sacred lamb in pursuing all the scalawags in the
Philippine National Police (PNP).
The Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered the filing of
criminal charges against retired Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar
Albayalde and 12 others in relation to the controversial anti-drug operation in
Pampanga in November 2013.
In the submitted resolution , the panel of prosecutors who
re-investigated the case found probable cause to charge Albayalde with
violation of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
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| PNP General Oscar Albayalde then at the Senate (photo credit to owner) |
The prosecutors
zeroed in Albayalde’s non-implementation of an order penalizing the police
officers involved in the assailed drug operation.
Meanwhile, Supt. Rodney Raymundo Louie
Juico Baloyo IV; Insp. Joven Bagnot De Guzman, Jr.; Senior Police Officer 1
Jules Lacap Maniago; SPO1 Donald Castro Roque; SPO1 Ronald Bayas Santos, SPO1
Rommel Muñoz Vital; SPO1 Alcindor Mangiduyos Tinio; PO3 Dindo Singian Dizon;
PO3 Gilbert Angeles De Vera; PO3 Romeo Encarnacio Guerrero, Jr.; SPO1 Eligio
Dayos Valeroso; and SPO1 Dante Mercado Dizon were indicted for the following
offenses in violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs
Act of 2002:
-Misappropriation, misapplication or
failure to account for the confiscated, seized and/or surrendered dangerous
drugs
-Planting of evidence
-Delay and bungling in the prosecution of
drugs cases
The panel also recommended the filing of
charges against Albayalde and the 12 police officers for qualified bribery
under the Revised Penal Code.
The DOJ found that
Baloyo and his men misappropriated drugs when they declared that only 36.60
kilograms of shabu was seized during their operations, while the subsequent
police investigation indicated that about 200 kilos of methamphetamine
hydrochloride was actually recovered.
The prosecutors in the same resolution, said
the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group failed to provide enough
evidence to show that Albayalde had a hand in the misappropriation of seized
drugs in a 2013 raid.
"The panel only found probable cause
against P/Gen Albayalde for violation of the law against graft and corrupt
practices act. It found that the acts attributed to Albayalde happened after
the conduct of the anti-illegal drugs operations of the Baloyo group,"
Justice Undersecretary and DOJ Spokesperson Markk Perete said.
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