New Chief PNP said whatever is happening in Mindanao has an effect in Metro Manila

Miami
September 29, 2008
Story: New Chief PNP said whatever is happening in Mindanao has an effect in Metro Manila

Police Deputy Director General Jesus Verzosa said what is happening in Midanao has an effect in Metro Manila and other provinces as well.

“Based on previous experience, we feel that what is happening in Mindanao has an effect in any part of our country. It has an effect to the economy because somehow, somewhere, there are economic, social and cultural dimensions that link Metro Manila with Mindanao and vice versa,” Verzosa said.

He site as an example is the tourism of the Philippines. Versoza said, with what is happening in Mindanao tourists going in Mindanao might not go back because of the situation, worst is that they might spend their vacation on nearby countries. “Tourism is dependent in peace and order of the country,” he said.

During the turnover ceremony at the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) in Camp bagong Diwa, Taguig, he said that he is instructing the newly appointed NCRPO Chief Police Director Jefferson Soriano, “to begin with the task of initiating a renewed, intensified, and human rights complaint crackdown on organized crime, street crime syndicates and common law violators to make Metro Manila less prone to the indirect negative effects of insurgency and internal conflict in other parts of the country.”

With that, Verzosa said that the NCRPO has to flex its socio-economic potential if that is only the way to balance-off the lost economic opportunities in Mindanao.

However, former NCRPO Chief Police Director Geary Barias is expecting Soriano to continue the discipline zone project that he started, “I wish he multiply that discipline zone. Because with that we can really reduce the crime rate especially on our streets,” he said.

Barias is now the Chief of Directorial Staff at the PNP headquarters.

Soriano on his part said that he will continue what Barias has started and to implement it more.

Meanwhile, Versoza said that he will conduct some surprise inspection at the police stations not only in Metro Manila but also in the provinces, “We want to see how leaders in lower level works, if the district directors, chief of police or station commanders supervise their people on the ground.”