A complete of 102 former fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) are actually members of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
In a press release Thursday, the PNP mentioned 52 are from the MILF and 50 are from the MNLF. Of the whole quantity, 94 are male and eight are feminine. They all obtained the rank of patrolman.
The PNP mentioned the previous rebels took their oaths in a ceremony within the Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PROBAR) at Camp Brigadier General Salipada Ok. Pendatun in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte on Thursday.
The membership strategy of former rebels within the PNP is in accordance with the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), it added.
On April 7, 2022, the Bangsamoro authorities and the National Police Commission signed an settlement permitting MILF and MNLF fighters to take the Special Qualifying Eligibility Examination to be a part of the nationwide police power.
The PNP mentioned 7,145 or 64.77% of the 11,033 examinees handed the particular exams that had been carried out in Cotabato and Lamitan.
On June 20 this 12 months, the PROBAR hosted the recruitment program for the entry of the MILF and MNLF fighters into the PNP. A complete of 1,249 candidates had been endorsed by the Bangsamoro authorities, together with 882 from the MILF and 367 from the MNLF.
Only 1,134 candidates had been deemed match to proceed after passing assessments together with Body Mass Index (BMI) analysis and a rigorous bodily agility take a look at, the PNP mentioned.
These assessments had been adopted by complete medical evaluation reminiscent of psychological and psychiatric examinations, common bodily and dental examinations, and drug assessments.
Only 102 handed the ultimate screening committee’s deliberations, the PNP mentioned.
“Dala ninyo ang uniporme ng Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas, dala ninyo ang mukha ng gobyerno. Mabigat na hamon, pero kami ay nagtitiwala sa inyo,” mentioned Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos, who was visitor of honor within the ceremony.
(You are carrying the PNP uniform and the face of the federal government. This is a heavy problem however we belief you.) —Joviland Rita/KBK, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
