GEN VICENTE DANAO JR COULD BE THE NEXT CHIEF PNP

As a Filipino who is one among the many who are steadfast in standing behind PRRD, here’s what I can say to kick the issue into the mainstream on who will be the next PNP Chief. THE 4 names mentioned as the probable successor of Gen Albayalde as PNP Chief are the two PMA classmates of Albayalde, the Sinagtala Class of 1986, namely: Gen Gamboa and Gen Cascolan. Another potential successor is Gen Eliazar who is known to be a protégé of Albayalde, and he is the kind of person who chose publicity over silence and became infatuated with fame and celebrity.

The last but certainly not the least, another contender who is the most junior among them is Gen Vicente Danao, Jr. known to be close to PRRD having served as the Davao Police Chief from 2013 to 2016.

If we have to look at things based on what makes sense, any of the 3, Gamboa, Cascolan, and Eliazar that might succeed as PNP Chief, most probably will kowtow like a puppet what they are told by Gen Albayalde because they are one family. The 3 of them have the kind of symbiotic relationships with Albayalde. It’s basically a band of brothers among themselves with a resolve like a tip of the sword deal and it’s the feeling they get when they know that whatever it is they’re doing matters among the group. In short, any of the 3, Gamboa, Cascolan, and Eliazar is just a bitter pill to swallow. They just really couldn’t do anything they needed to do as the Chief PNP with Albayalde behind the curtain pulling the string.

Thus, I am hoping that if only to ensure that our country will not be ripped apart once again and plunge into a drug-ridden nation, none of Gamboa, Cascolan, and Eliazar shall be appointed as the next Chief PNP. In all likelihood, anyone of them would do that is an axiom to which Gen Albayalde subscribes. What PRRD and the Filipinos want is to have a Chief PNP who will stop the menace of drugs, among others, and not one who is just mouthing an empty cliché but in reality a protector and conspirator of the “Ninja Cops”.

If I could suggest to PRRD, I would vouch for Gen Danao to be the next Chief PNP primarily because he moves in different circles than Gamboa, Cascolan, and Eliazar. Most importantly, he has an impeccable record and his lifestyle will prove that he is not corrupt, and he is not one that chose cameras over staying in the shadows and do his job. With Gen Danao, PRRD is assured that being loyal to him as the Commander in Chief was where his heart wanted to lead him.

Accordingly, if we have to transform the PNP, let us not appoint a successor that will only magnify the legacy that Gen Albayalde left behind in the PNP; and that the entire vestiges identified with Albayalde had to be chopped off and no one should be exempted from it.