Philippine president fires police chief, who led the arrests of Duterte and televangelist Quiboloy
Manıla, Philippines (AP) – Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Former President Rodrigo Duterte International Criminal Court and Television Orders Apollo Carreon QuiboloFilipin officials said in a statement on Tuesday, the most sought -after list of FBI’s alleged child sex smuggling.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, General Nicolas Torre was appointed by Marcos in May and a position to hold until 2027 as a position of 232,000 members of the National Police Force President was not removed.
In a letter to Torre, Bersamin, who was open to the public on Tuesday, reported immediately as the National Police Chief on Marcos’s orders and asked mek to ensure the appropriate turnover of all issues, documents and information according to your office ”.
Torre was not immediately available for the comment.
Before the removal of Torre, the National Police Chief reportedly difference with the government officials on the decision of the police officials, including Nartatez, to remove more than a dozen police officials. The National Police Commission ordered that police officials be restored to their duties this month, but apparently not immediately.
When the Interior Minister Jonvic Remulla asked why Torre was abolished, he was detailed at a news conference, “He did not violate any law, he was not accused of criminal or administrative or administratively, a option to get a new direction for the national police.”
Marcos and Torre had a “wonderful and productive relationship, but Remulla added,“ Not us, but not adding that institutions should be greater than the people who rule it ”.
Remulla can only answer why President Torre has been removed. It is not clear whether Torre will be offered another government task.
Only a few days ago, Torre showed Marcos a new crime room in the National Police Station where civil servants could quickly communicate with the two -way radio and other communication system to respond to any law and answer the problem in five minutes or less.
In March, Torre pioneered Duterte’s chaotic arrest at Manila International Airport and the detention of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands due to deadly antidrug pressures. Duterte, who ended the six -year presidential period in 2022, was accused of a crime against humanity for the brutal campaign against illegal drugs when he was in office, and died in pressures strengthened by the police, other Western governments and other Western governments and human rights.
Duterte refused to order the execution of drug suspects, but clearly threatened that Southern Davao City has long been suspected of killing drug smugglers as the mayor and later as president.
Last year, Torre inspected the arrest of the Philippine -religious leader Apollo Quiboli, an important Duterte supporter placed in the FBI’s most sought -after list. She is accused of sexual abuse and smuggling of non -disregard girls In Torre, the regional police chief of the Southern Davao region, the USA Torre led thousands of policemen who faced the followers of many Quiboli who opposed the arrest of his religious leader in his wide religious complex in Southern case.
Quiboly and his lawyers rejected the charges.
Since then, Quiboloy said that Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez has been looking for a refund of the Philippine Ambassador.
