AMID talks of alleged destabilization plots against his administration, President Marcos said there was no need to conduct loyalty checks among the active members of the military and police.
In an interview with reporters in General Santos City on Friday, the President expressed his trust in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.
“I don’t see. Wala kaming report na in the ranks. ‘Yung mga retired baka mayroon, mayroong mga gumagalaw, sumasama sa destab na ginagawa. Pero sa ating mga kapulisan siyempre lalo na sa officer corps, wala naman taong nakikitang ganon na namumulitika ang mga pulis,” Marcos said when asked whether he intends to do a loyalty check on the PNP.
“So ang loyalty check, hindi ko alam kung ano ang loyalty check. Anong sasabihin mo doon sa tao? Sasabihin, ‘Loyal ka ba sa akin?’ Siyempre, oo ang sagot noon, ‘di ba kahit na hindi siya loyal sa’yo. Pero titingnan natin ang record,” the President added.
Marcos, meanwhile, has called on members of the PNP and AFP to remain professional and stay true to their sworn duties.
“Ang ano ko naman, kahit hindi mo ako binoto okay lang sa akin basta maging professional ka at gawin mo ‘yung trabaho mo nang tama. ‘Yun lang naman ‘yung hinihiling ko sa lahat ng pulis [at] sa lahat ng armed forces,” he said.
Marcos gave these statements after former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that two senior officials of the PNP are plotting to oust the President to make way for a takeover either by former president Rodrigo Duterte or his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte.
Trillanes added that police officials were supposedly working in cahoots with “a retired PNP chief” and former members of the Duterte Cabinet in the ouster plot.
