Nearly 400 soldiers, cops still securing Sara Duterte, Marbil tells senators
Philippine National Police chief General Rommel Francisco Marbil says nearly 400 armed government personnel continue to provide security for Vice President Sara Duterte.
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00:00Philippine National Police Chief General Romel Francisco Marbil says nearly 400 armed
00:05government personnel continue to provide security for Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:10Marbil says this after Duterte allies Senators Bato de la Rosa, Robin Hood Padilla, and Bong
00:15Go asked about the PNP's move to reassign 75 police officers from Duterte's security
00:20detail.
00:21This after Duterte called the removal of the officers, quote, political harassment.
00:26Marbil denies the PNP's move had anything to do with politics or that he was pressured.
00:31He explains the reassignments are part of the PNP's broader strategy to optimize personnel
00:35deployment.
00:36Marbil says the PNP's assessment found no actual threat to the vice president.
00:41The relieved policemen accounted for only about 19 percent of her security aides.