Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel A. Roxas pushed on Sunday for a measure seeking to provide higher pension for the uniformed men and women of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Army (PA) and other uniformed officials and personnel of the government.
"I am in favor of the proposal to provide better benefits for our uniformed personnel because their lives are always at risk in providing security to our people," he said.
He also noted that the payment scheme for uniformed pensioners is more rigorous than for the members of the Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS).
Roxas said the Department of Finance (DOF) will help step up the pension program for the uniformed servicemen and if possible, align the system with the GSIS.
Meanwhile, Roxas expressed dismay that the hiring of the 7,000 new recruits in the PNP would be put on hold following the decision of the Supreme Court declaring some provisions of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as illegal.
The would-be recruits were supposed to form part of the 30,000 policemen that President Benigno S. Aquino III announced last year to fill up the gap in the police personnel, which is part of the national government and PNP’s campaign to strengthen police visibility and run after criminals.
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