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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
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ILOILO City – Tomorrow the National Police Commission (Napolcom) will hold the second hearing on the administrative case of the former director of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6), Chief Superintendent Bernardo Diaz.
Diaz was accused of grave neglect of duty, the maximum penalty of which is dismissal from the service, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s linking him to the illegal drug trade as protector of traffickers in July last year.
The hearing will be held at the regional office of Napolcom in this city.
Napolcom-6 spokesperson Allen Camering told Panay News Diaz was summoned to appear in tomorrow’s hearing.
Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa sacked Diaz from the PRO-6 on July 2, 2016.
Three days after, at the Philippine Air Force’s 69th anniversary celebration at Clark Air Base, Pampanga, Duterte ordered Diaz to report to Dela Rosa for investigation.
Also summoned for Friday’s hearing were Senior Superintendent Louis Garong (Guimaras police director); Senior Superintendent Roderick Augustus Alba (PRO-6 operations chief); Senior Superintendent Leo Erwin Agpangan (Antique police director); Senior Superintendent Remus Zacharias Canieso (Iloilo City police director); Superintendent Julius Balano (PRO-6 intelligence chief); Superintendent Giovanni Musico (Capiz police director); Superintendent Ramir Gallardo and Senior Inspector Jigger Gimeno of PRO-6’s Regional Anti-Illegal Drugs Task Force.
“That I am a protector of drug lords is not true. You know me,” said Diaz, a member of the Philippine Military Academy, Class 1984.
He said he was willing to be investigated.
“I believe the truth will come out. I have never been involved illegal activities since I joined the police organization,” said Diaz. “I was shocked. Hindi ko alam bakit nasangkot ako. I never involved myself in illegal activities because I’m taking care of my reputation, my name and that of my family.”
Diaz became controversial weeks before the May 9, 2016 elections. He was seen with four police generals in active service meeting with men identified with then Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas at the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City./PN
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