00:00 What I want to say is that the PNP under my leadership and with the support of all these officers here,
00:07 we will be continuing our monitoring and investigation of all, not only these personnel that were mentioned in the court's resignation,
00:16 but the others who are not yet following.
00:21 The Philippine National Police is now in charge of cleaning up their mess.
00:27 This is one day after the announcement of the verdict that President Bongbong Marcos received
00:33 the courtesy resignation of 18 police officers who were involved in illegal drug activities.
00:40 According to the Presidential Communications Office, the President received the resignation of the so-called third-level officers,
00:47 in accordance with the recommendation of the National Police Commission Ad Hoc Advisory Group,
00:53 which he conducted an investigation.
00:56 The PNP Chief General Benjamin Acorda was the first to write to the Advisory Group for the recommendation.
01:03 According to the Palace, more than 100 courtesy resignations were not accepted.
01:09 The courtesy resignations were issued by the officers last January while they were investigating the connection of these officers to illegal drugs.
01:18 According to Acorda, the documents signed by them have not yet arrived from Malacanang,
01:25 so they cannot say yet who will be the state of the 18 police officers.
01:30 These officers, we are planning to place them in the Pihau.
01:42 But after the meeting with the ES, finish the meeting first so that the tone of the courtesy resignation is clearer in our interpretation and our response is more consistent.
02:01 According to one of the 18 resigned police officers who refused to be named,
02:06 he has a low morale now and is saddened by the announcement of the Palace.
02:12 He admitted that this challenge is not only for him but also for his family.
02:18 The PNP hopes that this courtesy resignation will serve as a lesson for all the police to better their work.
02:28 The police ensured that there are still more police officers who are better than the ordinary ones.
02:35 Krissi Dimatulak, CNN Philippines.
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