Step down, Pangasinan top cop urged

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines – Step down peacefully as provincial police director and exercise a bit of delicadeza.

This was the call made by sixth district board member Alfonso Bince Jr. in his privilege speech on Monday, as he and his colleagues passed a resolution “expressing the sense of concurrence and support” to the complaint filed by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. against Senior Superintendent Marlou Chan.

An amended complaint was filed last Friday before the court to include Chief Superintendent Ricardo Marquez, Region 1 police director, and Director Catalino Cuy of the directorate for personnel and records management.

In his petition, Espino is asking for a temporary restraining order to rectify an apparent oversight in the designation of Chan as provincial police director.

Judge Caridad Villegas Galvez of Regional Trial Court Branch 69 here reset the hearing on Espino’s petition today after Chan’s lawyer sought the attendance of representatives of the Office of the Solicitor General.

For his part, Chan said, “Let us allow the court to decide and for the meantime, we just continue with our job. We are not disturbed by such a petition, if at all. But it inspires us to do some more.”