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.