August 19, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Nationwide Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III yesterday downplayed tensions with the Nationwide Police Fee after the Napolcom blocked his bid to reshuffle the police pressure, saying the problem has been settled internally.
“I didn’t converse earlier as a result of I believed this might be settled internally. Now I can say it has been resolved,” Torre stated at a information briefing at Camp Crame.
The matter was merely an “administrative battle” that has been addressed inside the police pressure, he maintained.
“We’re not denying that there are conflicts occurring, however these are all administrative in nature that I’m assured could be resolved inside the group,” he famous.
Torre declined to reveal particulars of his dialogue with the Napolcom, stressing that such issues are greatest left inside inner techniques.
“It’s unlucky that the problem got here out within the media as a result of not all the things is for public consumption. Some issues ought to stay inside,” he pressured.
Requested if his reshuffle order stays in impact, Torre stated: “Let’s see within the subsequent few days. If nothing adjustments, it stays. If there’s, then it didn’t keep.”
The Napolcom decision, he stated, had no lingering affect on the police pressure.
“That is already closed. It has been resolved with a last directive. The e book is closed, the case is closed and we transfer on,” Torre stated.
