LACSON REFUTES DILG, PNP CHIEF ON SEND-OFF, WELCOME GIFTS
Pabaon, P40M for police top gun exist
By Angie M. Rosales and Benjamin B. Pulta 02/17/2011Fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson yesterday refuted claims made by officials of President Aquino, who denied the tradition and practice of “send-off” and “welcome” cash gifts, along with a P40 million yearly allotment given to the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief.
Both Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo and PNP Chief Raul Bacalzo claimed there was no tradition and no practice of pabaons and pasalubongs that exists in the PNP last Tuesday.
But Lacson rejected the two officials’ claim, saying that this practice existed even during the time he assumed the position of PNP director general during the Estrada administration, but emphasized that he did not avail of it.
In a statement sent through e-mail to reporters, the senator admitted knowing of a P40 million yearly allotment for the PNP chief, the apparent counterpart of the military’s provision for command directed
activities (PCDA) and even this close other supposed “perks” that came with the post, including a credit card with a high limit for both personal and official use, as well as gas allowance equivalent to the 24-hour consumption of 50 vehicles..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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