Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Police General Guillermo Eleazar ordered on Tuesday (June 8) the disqualification of police applicants found to have deliberately submitted fake RT-PCR results in the ongoing recruitment at the Police Regional Office- Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR).
Based on the latest report, three of the 66 applicants have been disqualified for dishonesty. Criminal charges will also be filed against them.
Nine of the 66 applicants have been cleared, while 54 other applicants, all from Lanao del Sur, are currently under investigation.
Eleazar said they found out about the anomaly when a team led by Police Col. Nora Camarao, head of the PNP Recruitment and Selection Service Unit, went to the PRO-BAR to oversee the ongoing recruitment system amid reports in the past of the prevalence of irregularities in the police recruitment process in the area.
“I have already issued an order to delist the names of all the applicants who deliberately submitted fake RT-PCR tests [to the] PRO-BAR. This order extends to other PROs and PNP units to do the same. We will not give a second chance for this year’s recruitment to those who would dare bastardize our recruitment process,” Eleazar said.
“Kasi kung papayagan natin na palusutin ang mga ito, it will send a very wrong message na okay lang ang kanilang ginawa. For all we know, kapag nakapasok ang mga ito ay baka ito ‘yung mga pulis na magtatanim lang nang ebidensya dahil ngayon pa nga lang may kalokohan ng ginawa,” he added.
Some of these applicants admitted they did not undergo a swab test but submitted a fake RT-PCR result, for which they said they paid P500.
On the other hand, some of the applicants were subjected to a swab test but were unaware that the RT-PCR results they submitted were fake.
“Nagbigay na ako ng instruction na ‘yung mga aplikante na sinadyang mag-submit ng pekeng RT-PCR result ay hindi lang i-disqualify kundi kasuhan na rin. Ito ‘yung sinasabi natin na dapat salain maigi ang mga papasok sa PNP, dahil kung ngayon pa lang na gumawa na sila ng kalokohan, sigurado na magiging sakit ng ulo ito sa PNP kapag naging pulis na ang mga ito,” Eleazar said.
“Para naman doon sa mga aplikante na hindi alam na naloko sila, they were advised to undergo another swab test and submit the result as soon as possible,” he added.
The PNP chief also directed the PNP-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) to conduct operations against those involved in the production and sale of fake RT-PCR test results in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.
“We are now conducting [an] investigation to identify all those involved in this, including the personnel of the medical facility which issued the fake RT-PCR results and the signatories in the falsified document, and my instruction is to charge and arrest them all para hindi na makapang-loko pa,” he said.
The aggressive reform in the PNP Recruitment System is a long-term internal cleansing measure under the Intensified Cleanliness Policy initiated by Gen. Eleazar when he assumed the top post on May 8 this year, in a move to demolish the culture of corruption and padrino system in the PNP recruitment system.
He said the anomalous recruitment system is one of the major roots of the culture of abuse and wrongdoing among a few members of the PNP who entered the police service in irregular ways.
“Our recruitment process under CORES (Comprehensive Online Recruitment Encrypting System ) works on a concept of honesty, integrity, and trust in the system. If you cannot respect our recruitment process, then you have no place in our organization,” Eleazar said.
“Magsilbi sanang aral ito sa iba pang mga aplikante at sa mga susunod na mag-a-apply sa PNP na gawin ang tama at sumunod sa proseso. Through this QR Code System in our recruitment process, we will make sure that we will recruit only the best for the PNP,” the PNP chief added.
The CORES uses a QR Code System for all PNP applicants to ensure that the entry of those who want to be policemen will be based purely on qualifications. More than 17,000 policemen will be recruited this year. (PNP-PIO) – jlo
