00:00The Armed Forces of the Philippines first released Vice President Sara Duterte's security personnel.
00:07Among them was the head of the Vice Presidential Security Group,
00:12who was pushed by a police officer in the middle of a riot in the hospital of the Chief of Staff of the OVP.
00:18Chino Gaston was arrested.
00:20We received a subpoena from the Philippine National Police.
00:48The members of the DPSPG will investigate.
00:53We still do not know the specifics of the case or the investigation.
01:02But because they already have a subpoena,
01:06it means to say that they cannot fulfill their duty to protect and secure the Vice President.
01:14That is why we are temporarily pulling them out, replacing them.
01:19They still have security composed of Philippine National Police members and AFP.
01:26Along with those who left the DPSPG,
01:29Colonel Raymond Lachica, the head of the DPSPG,
01:33who was pushed by Lieutenant Colonel Van Jason Villamor,
01:42and the security personnel of the Vice Presidential Security Group,
01:4525 police officers were replaced by the Vice Presidential Protection and Security Group of the DPSPG.
01:53According to the AFP, even though it is the right of anyone to have an opinion on politics,
01:58this statement, even if it is a complaint against the government,
02:02is a freedom that a soldier cannot do while he remains in the service.
02:08I reminded them of the vow that we took.
02:12If we will do what the other armed forces of the Philippines want,
02:20our country will be pitiful.
02:23And what will be happy here are the other countries that want to join or control us.
02:31When VP Sara sat down in 2022,
02:33more than 400 of his security details came from AFP and PNP.
02:38Many of these became the security of his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still in office.
02:44In July of this year, 75 police officers were removed from the security of the Vice Presidential Security Group,
02:49which was his right.
02:51But according to the PNP, the police in Metro Manila need them.
02:55Some of them returned after Senator Bato de la Rosa talked to PNP Chief Romel Marbil
03:02in a hearing in the Senate.
03:04As of now, there are still 350 assigned to the VPSPG.
03:09In Davao City, 65 police officers were reassigned and brought to various provinces in Luzon.
03:16According to the PRO11, these police officers were investigated
03:20for alleged police drug operations and questionable entries in a police blotter.
03:26For GMA Integrated News, I'm Chino Gaston, for 24 Hours.
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