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Transcript
00:00DILG Secretary John V. Cremulia is urging to reduce the current rank of the general in the Philippine National Police.
00:07If he is approved, this target will be fulfilled after the 2025 elections.
00:13We have first news from Macky Pulido.
00:16From the current 133rd PNP General, DILG Secretary John V. Cremulia wants to lower the rank to 25.
00:29Cremulia said that this is too much and most of the generals have no more people under them.
00:35The proposed reform was already submitted to President Bongbong Marcos but it is not yet approved.
00:40We have a lot of redundancies that need to be trimmed down.
00:44It's a 32-year-old law that needs to be revisited.
00:49So those are things that we will examine.
00:53The Philippine National Police was formed under the law RA-6975 in 1990.
00:59It needs to be amended to implement the proposed reform.
01:03He wants to study the process of promotion in the PNP which is the reason for the increase in the number of generals.
01:08They function on civil service rules every three years of promotion.
01:14So if they are qualified, they will be promoted for more than five years
01:19because they become top-heavy.
01:22DILG is already cooperating with the UP College of Public Administration.
01:26If ever, their target is to implement this after the 2025 elections.
01:31There is nothing to be denied to the affected generals.
01:34No, no, no. We are going to let them retire.
01:36We are still getting the PNP's statement.
01:39For security analyst Chester Cabaza, it's time for the PNP to restructure.
01:44The PNP is leading in internal threats or security threats from within the country
01:49which was led by the Armed Forces of the Philippines for a long time.
01:53The government can save more on the pensions of those who will retire.
01:58If you have a lot of generals, of course, their salaries will also increase.
02:02If they retire, most likely, their pensions will also increase.
02:10If there are fewer generals, according to Dallas Hall University Associate Professor Sherwin Ona,
02:15he believes that the public service of the PNP will be better.
02:19It's a big benefit for the people.
02:21There are more powerful people now, with lower ranks.
02:25They don't need to go up to the national headquarters to make decisions.
02:30So we are seeing faster action here.
02:34This is the first news. Macky Pulido for GMA Integrated News.

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