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Lacson to probe PNP's P10-B modernization program
Topic Started: Aug 21 2011, 01:21 PM (418 Views)
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MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Panfilo Lacson wants to look into the entire procurement process of the Philippine National Police (PNP), particularly on transactions related to the modernization program, in the wake of the investigation on the allegedly anomalous purchase of helicopters during the past administration.

Lacson, a former PNP chief, said that the sale of used choppers allegedly by the husband of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to the PNP was not the only questionable transaction uncovered in the police service.

In his Senate Resolution 565, Lacson cited the purchase of alleged overpriced and unusable rubber boats and outboard engines worth P131.5 million, the overpriced purchase of P92.6 million worth of patrol boats and the over P300 million anomaly in the repair of V150 Armored Personnel Carriers.

He said all of these transactions were done during the previous administration as part of the PNP’s 5-year, P10 billion modernization program, which started in 2008.

The program involved the allocation of P2 billion a year for the PNP for the purchase of weapons and gadgets that are at par with the technological advancements in the field.

Lacson said that the modernization program apparently did not result in actual improvements in the capabilities of the PNP.


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