Philippine National Police (PNP) members and officers remain to be bound by rules particularly to the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for government officials and employees, PNP stressed Saturday.
PNP released its statement following the remarks of President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday saying police officers may receive gifts as “it is not bribery.”
Earlier today, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson warned that such actions may lead to “insatiable greed” of policemen.
According to the PNP statement, police members and officers strictly adhere to the Republic Act 6713 that governs their conduct “under any goven situation.”
The statement from PNP-Public Information Office also reiterated that they ” always explain to the public that there is no need for them to give gifts as we are just doing our job and we get paid by the Filipino people through our salaries.”
“But in many occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas, we find that food items are just delivered from anonymous senders and grateful public. So instead of letting them get spoiled, we distribute them to the inmates in cells and the barangay tanods and volunteers.”
