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He
made the statement in defense of the provision in the draft Bangsamoro Basic
Law (BBL that authorizes the head of the proposed Bangsamoro Government
operational control over the Bangsamoro Police.
“In this
issue, I don’t see any inconsistencies between the BBL and the Constitution. It
is clear in the proposed BBL that the Bangsamoro police will be part of the
Philippine National Police (PNP), while the Bangsamoro Regional Police Board
(BRPB) will be part of the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) and will carry
out NAPOLCOM‘s mandate in the region,” he said.
He added
that under the Constitution, control over the regional police should be in
consonance with Republic Act 6975, the law creating the PNP, which authorizes
NAPOLCOM to deputize mayors to exercise such control.
Barzaga
noted that NAPOLCOM has deputized local officials to have such power in the
present Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
He
emphasized that “There will not be any major difference under the proposed BBL,
since such power will only be transferred to the planned Bangsamoro Autonomous
Region whose leaders will also be elected by the people. The Bangsamoro region
will replace ARMM and control by local officials over police forces under the
present set-up will be given to the Bangsamoro chief minister”.
Rep. Rufus
Rodriguez, Chairman of the House Ad Hoc Committee on BBL has repeatedly stated
that the provision on the grant to the chief minister of operational control
over police forces is unconstitutional and should be deleted among 7 other BBL
provisions.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/908-chief-minister-s-control-over-bangsamoro-police-is-constitutional-rep-barzaga
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