Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima will return as an ordinary police official after a six-month suspension.
Purisima resigned as PNP chief at the height of the investigation of the Mamasapano clash wherein his role as a police official giving advice was questioned as he was suspended then.
It was Purisima who allegedly advised then Special Action Force director Getulio Napenas not to inform Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina a and Interior Secretary Mar Roxas of the Oplan Exodus.
Espina said Purisima, being the only active official who still holds a four-star rank, has no obligation to report to him and would report to the PNP Holding Administrative Unit.
And depending on Purisima’s decision, he will still enjoy the rank as the only four-star general in the PNP unless he chooses to retire earlier than his mandatory retirement scheduled in November this year.
Under the PNP rules, there should only one four-star rank in the police organization until the rank is not vacated via retirement.
And since Purisima will not return as PNP chief, he will not also be allowed to re-occupy the White House, a police lingo that refers to the official residence of the PNP chief at Camp Crame.
MANILA BULLETIN
