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OF THE PHILIPPINES }
Second Regular Session }
’,7 JUL 24 A7:46
SENATE . Br„ (I
P.S. RESOLUTION N O . j l ^ i ^ E U M om -___
RESOLUTION
DIRECTING THE SENATE COM M ITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND
DANGEROUS DRUGS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LE G IS LA TIO N , INTO
THE A P P A LLIN G REIN STATEM EN T/REVERSIO N TO ACTIVE DUTY AND
DESIGNATION AS HEAD OF CIDG 12 OF SUPT. M ARCO S AND THE
REIN STATEM EN T/REVERSIO N OF OTHER CIDG 8 OPERATIVES
BROUGHT A B O U T BY THE RESOLUTION OF THE IAS W HICH M ERELY
IMPOSED THE P E N A LTY OF SUSPENSION AND DEM OTION RATHER
THAN THE A P P R O P R IA TE P EN ALTY OF D IS M IS S A L FROM THE SERVICE
FOR THE K ILLIN G OF M AYOR ESPINO SA AN D R A U L YAP, W ITH THE
END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING R EM EDIAL LE G IS LA TIO N S TH AT W ILL
CREATE A TR U LY IN D EPEN DEN T IN TER N AL A FFA IR S SERVICE (IAS)
TH AT IS IN S U LA TE D FROM POLITICS AND PAR TISA N PO LITIC A L
INFLUENCE
W HEREAS, on 07 Novem ber 2016, the Com m ittee on Public Order and
Dangerous Drugs and the Com m ittee on Justice and Human Rights were
tasked by the Senate to investigate and inquire, in aid of legislation, the
Novem ber 5, 2016 killing of Mayor Rolando Espinosa, Sr. of Albuera, Leyte
inside the Baybay Sub-Provincial Jail;
W HEREAS, said finding is consistent with the Decem ber 2, 2016 report
of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) which also concluded that “the
testim onies of several witnesses had disputed the claim of an alleged shoot-out
between the CIDG operatives and inmates Mayor Espinosa and Raul Yap but
a rub-out."
W HEREAS, in line with said findings, the NBI filed with Departm ent of
Justice (DOJ) charges for m ultiple murder, robbery, incrim inating innocent
person, m alicious procurem ent of search warrant, perjury, and planting of
evidence against the operatives o f the police Crim inal Investigation and
Detection Group (CIDG) in Region 8 (CIDG-8) involved in the raid inside
Baybay Sub Provincial Jail last 05 Novem ber 2016 which resulted in the death
of Mayor Espinosa;
W HEREAS, considering the overwhelm ing evidence and given the fact
that the case is im pressed with public interest, the Joint Com m ittee even
decried the delay in the investigation on the m atter by the D epartm ent of
Justice (DOJ) and the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) of the Philippine National
Police and urged them to expedite its proceedings;
W HEREAS, aside from the fact that the reinstatem ent of Supt. Marcos
and his men in the police service leaves a bad taste in the mouth and has
resulted in the joining of arms of people who believe that this should not be
allowed to happen, it is im perative to address this issue head on so as not to
create a dangerous precedent wherein other PNP scalawags who com m it a
grievous offense may demand the same kid glove that was given to the former;
W HEREAS, now is the opportune time to resolve once and for all the
need to create an Internal Affairs Service that is truly independent and able to
perform its m andate o f being the police of the PNP, ridding it o f police officers
who are not w orthy to be given a position in the police service- N O W
THEREFORE B E IT RESO LVED
Adopted,