DND-AFP, DILG-PNP bolster alliance against insurgencies

From the Philippine Information Agency (Aug 14): DND-AFP, DILG-PNP bolster alliance against insurgencies

In hopes of countering insurgencies, agencies concerned with territorial defense and public order and safety came together to reaffirm cooperation and enhance existing coordination mechanisms, today.

These were made possible through the joint signing of the Revised Joint Implementing Rules and Regulations (RJIRR) to Executive Orders 546 and 110.

The RJIRR is a policy measure enjoining the Department of National Defense (DND), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the PNP and the AFP to further enhance cooperation and coordination in combating insurgencies.
 
Said policy is also expected to clarify operational procedures and roles of the AFP and PNP in connection with the implementation of the abovementioned executive orders that pertain to PNP’s support to the AFP’s internal security operations (ISO).

Under the RJIRR, the PNP QUAD composed of Operations, Intelligence, Police Community Relations and Investigations, is mandated to give support to the AFP Triad composed of Combat Operations, Intelligence, and Civil Military Operations.

Aside from these agencies, the RJIRR considers the crucial role local government units play in ISO, hence the policy tasks the DILG to ensure that LGUs act within their prescribed duties and functions to support the implementation of the RJIRR without prejudice to the Local Government Code 1991 and other applicable laws.

Aside from being a mechanism that ensures cooperation between the AFP, PNP and LGUs in addressing all peace and security concerns, the RJIRR also covers emergencies and calamities.

Secretary of National Defense Voltaire Gazmin and Undersecretary Atty. Edwin Enrile, representing Secretary of Interior and Local Government Mar Roxas, in the presence of General Hernando DCA Iriberri, Chief of Staff AFP, and Police Director General Ricardo C. Marquez, Chief of PNP, signed the RJIRR at the AFP Commissioned Officers’ Club in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo.

http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2981439541506/dnd-afp-dilg-pnp-bolster-alliance-against-insurgencies