ILOILO CITY –- Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. on Thursday welcomed the assignment of Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido to Iloilo City.
Espenido, known to be an effective and brave implementer of the campaign against hard drugs, will help determine the true situation in Iloilo City, especially about the allegations against Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog being a drug protector, said Gov. Defensor in a press conference.
“And he can relay to the President the real situation on the ground,” he said.
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Director General Ronald dela Rosa, on Wednesday issued the order assigning Espenido as officer-in-charge of Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO).
Defensor, in his own assessment, said the situation in Iloilo City is different from Ozamiz City.
Under Espenido’s watch as police chief Ozamiz City, Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and six others were killed in a series of police raids conducted by police authorities in July.
“But Mabilog is not a drug lord and the President even used the word 'protector'. The question is how true it is that Mabilog is a drug protector? It is good that Espenido would know and report it to the President,” he stressed.
“If he (Mabilog) is a drug protector or not, that I do not know. But Espenido would know if that is true or not,” the governor added.
When asked if he will request Espenido to be assigned to the Iloilo province to help eliminate problems on hard drugs, the governor stressed that the province does not need him.
He said that he was not even sure if the President’s allegations against the three mayors of the province as narco-politicians are true or not as no case has been filed against any of them. (PNA)
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