Under the new Philippine National Police (PNP) guidelines on the antidrug campaign, allegations of human rights abuses should be “a thing of the past,” the principle of command responsibility would be followed, and the “one-strike” policy would be implemented, acting Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Thursday. “I am demanding accountability from our police officers. With their salary increase, they should shape up or ship out,” Año said, referring to the significant pay rise that police officers received recently from the Duterte administration. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino said he already instructed his officers to review the PNP’s new supplemental guidelines for better coordination between the two agencies. ADVERTISEMENT‘Better in daytime’“I think it’s better (to conduct operations) in daytime (to prevent) misencounters and armed encounters,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 25, 2018 23:37 UTC