CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Anak Mindanao (AMIN) Party-list Rep. Ariel C. Hernandez yesterday praised Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Jesus Verzosa for initiating a number of measures aimed at addressing dysfunctions in the police force.
Hernandez, the brains behind the Operation Peace Course (OP Kors!) currently being implemented by the International Center for Peace (IC Peace) in Mindanaw of the Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI), said Verzosa’s order of a review of police procedures and possible security lapses that resulted to some policemen being implicated in the Maguindanao Massacre should be supported by all sectors of society, especially in the Legislative Branch of government.
OP Kors! is a series of training and workshop specifically designed for the policemen and soldiers in how to become peace-builders and how to respond and manage conflict.
“Whatever the causes of the dysfunctions within the PNP should be corrected. And Director General Jesus Verzosa is in the right track for correcting this. And he should get all our support for his initiative,” Hernandez said.
Some 66 policemen were implicated in the Maguindanao Massacre.
Hernandez stressed that the uniformed personnel, most especially policemen and soldiers, must have a change of mindset – from being warriors to peacemakers and conflict managers. “This is the end result of what we are doing in OP Kors! We always dreamed of peace, but our uniformed friends in the PNP and AFP are always being left behind in all peace initiatives, which is why we have designed this program especially for them because they are the ones called upon to respond to conflict,” he said.
Hernandez said that there is no other time in the country’s history that the role of the police as peacemakers is most urgently needed than the present, because of uncertainties brought about by the prevailing apprehensions regarding the automated elections as well as the fragile peace and order situation in some parts of Mindanao.
Hernandez also said the country needs a solid and dependable police force especially during this critical election period. And the only way for the PNP to capture its status once again as a dependable force is to change the police’s mindset and start a clean-up revolution from within the force itself.
The AMIN congressman also praised Verzosa for his strong commitment to law and order and his relentless enforcement of the Comelec gun ban which resulted to the arrest of hundreds of gun ban violators all over the country.
“Director General Verzosa’s commitment to strictly implement election laws without fear or favor deserves all our praise,” he said.
“His pronouncements that only through peaceful, orderly and clean elections can the will of the people triumph, plus his dedication to seeing it through by a strong enforcement of election laws and the gun ban, are attributes of a true officer and a gentleman,” Hernandez added.
AMIN, however, take a strong exception to Verzosa’s pronouncement that “bad- performing policemen will be assigned to the Mindanao.”
“The image of Mindanao is so bad already that making it a dumping ground of undesirables from the uniformed services from Metro Manila will only make it worst. What we need are professional policemen, not bad policemen from Metro Manila,” Hernandez said. (AMIN)
Hernandez, the brains behind the Operation Peace Course (OP Kors!) currently being implemented by the International Center for Peace (IC Peace) in Mindanaw of the Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI), said Verzosa’s order of a review of police procedures and possible security lapses that resulted to some policemen being implicated in the Maguindanao Massacre should be supported by all sectors of society, especially in the Legislative Branch of government.
OP Kors! is a series of training and workshop specifically designed for the policemen and soldiers in how to become peace-builders and how to respond and manage conflict.
“Whatever the causes of the dysfunctions within the PNP should be corrected. And Director General Jesus Verzosa is in the right track for correcting this. And he should get all our support for his initiative,” Hernandez said.
Some 66 policemen were implicated in the Maguindanao Massacre.
Hernandez stressed that the uniformed personnel, most especially policemen and soldiers, must have a change of mindset – from being warriors to peacemakers and conflict managers. “This is the end result of what we are doing in OP Kors! We always dreamed of peace, but our uniformed friends in the PNP and AFP are always being left behind in all peace initiatives, which is why we have designed this program especially for them because they are the ones called upon to respond to conflict,” he said.
Hernandez said that there is no other time in the country’s history that the role of the police as peacemakers is most urgently needed than the present, because of uncertainties brought about by the prevailing apprehensions regarding the automated elections as well as the fragile peace and order situation in some parts of Mindanao.
Hernandez also said the country needs a solid and dependable police force especially during this critical election period. And the only way for the PNP to capture its status once again as a dependable force is to change the police’s mindset and start a clean-up revolution from within the force itself.
The AMIN congressman also praised Verzosa for his strong commitment to law and order and his relentless enforcement of the Comelec gun ban which resulted to the arrest of hundreds of gun ban violators all over the country.
“Director General Verzosa’s commitment to strictly implement election laws without fear or favor deserves all our praise,” he said.
“His pronouncements that only through peaceful, orderly and clean elections can the will of the people triumph, plus his dedication to seeing it through by a strong enforcement of election laws and the gun ban, are attributes of a true officer and a gentleman,” Hernandez added.
AMIN, however, take a strong exception to Verzosa’s pronouncement that “bad- performing policemen will be assigned to the Mindanao.”
“The image of Mindanao is so bad already that making it a dumping ground of undesirables from the uniformed services from Metro Manila will only make it worst. What we need are professional policemen, not bad policemen from Metro Manila,” Hernandez said. (AMIN)
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