![]() ![]() ![]() Oplan TukHang (Tuktok-Hangyo) saw the Davao police going door-to-door, knocking on the homes of known drug dealers and users. One of his key missions then, Dela Rosa told Rappler, was to stop the use and sale of illegal drugs in the city. Marching orders to run after criminals are nothing new to Dela Rosa, who was Davao City police chief from January 2012 to October 2013, spanning the terms of Duterte’s daughter Sara and Duterte himself. One of Duterte’s key campaign promises is to eradicate – or “suppress” – crime in 3-6 months. People – even those inside moving vehicles – stop their tracks to take a selfie with or say hello to Dela Rosa, president-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s choice to head the 160,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP).ĭuterte’s executive assistant Bong Go made the official announcement on Wednesday, May 18: the former Davao City police chief takes over the entire PNP at the same time that his “mentor,” the longtime Davao mayor, takes on his biggest role yet as president and commander-in-chiefĭela Rosa has a daunting task. Things have changed the past few days, the 54-year-old one-star general told Rappler. He recalled a time when he could walk around the streets of Davao City or even Camp Crame in Quezon City and elicit only the customary hello – if he’s lucky. “The BJMP may be charged with the handling of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL), but it is the humble opinion of this representation, that the liberty to manage our jails must be given to them, fully and without exemption, in accordance with the law,” the lawmaker reiterated.MANILA, Philippines – Chief Superintendent Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is not used to getting attention. “Thus, as we aim to transfer the jurisdiction of our provincial and sub-provincial jails from the provincial government to the BJMP, the task precisely is to translate synergy into law,” he stressed. Under the proposed law, the former top cop also said there will be a three-year transition period to enable the upgrades and provide provincial jails, including city and municipal jails, sufficient time to comply with cleanliness, sanitation requirements, equipment and property requirements.ĭuring this transition period, he said the provincial government will continue to provide for the subsistence allowance of inmates, as well as for the maintenance of the jail facility. “No one will be left behind, that is the assurance I will give,” he added. “Those employees who, at the time of transfer, already reach the mandatory retirement age of the BJMP, we shall encourage the Provincial Government to absorb them under their employ,” dela Rosa said. Hindi po natin babaliwalain ang kanilang mga naging serbisyo sa provincial jails sa ilalim ng kanilang provincial government (We will not disregard their service in the provincial jails rendered under their provincial government),” he said. “For purposes of computation of their retirement and pension benefits, their services rendered prior to the enactment of the measure shall be included. ![]() While there are questions regarding the transition, the lawmaker said the bill seeks to address this by ensuring that the employees of existing provincia and sub-provincial jails are absorbed by the BJMP, subject to existing qualification standards. Moreover, dela Rosa said most of the provincial governments in the country are pushing for the enactment of this measure and are willing to transfer the current provincial jail properties in accordance with existing laws. By turning over the provincial and sub-provincial jails under the jurisdiction of the BJMP, we shall be giving more freedom to our Provincial Governments to direct their resources in accordance to their respective priorities,” he said. “And while this is noble of them, we also wish that they may utilize their resources more fully, in ways that will be more productive for them. They are willing to transfer the current provincial jail properties in accordance with the existing laws,” the senator pointed out.įurthermore, the former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, stressed the need for jail integration and to ease provincial governments of this responsibility, noting that since 1990, they have been meeting this challenge head on. “Most of the provincial governments in our country are pushing for the enactment of this measure. “By turning over the provincial and sub-provincial jails under the jurisdiction of the BJMP, we shall be giving more freedom to our provincial governments to direct their resources in accordance with their respective priorities,” Dela Rosa said in his sponsorship speech of Senate Bill No. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (Senate PRIB Photo) This, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said, will happen once the proposed Jail Integration Act is enacted into law. Provincial and sub-provincial jails would soon be under the management of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). ![]()
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