UPDATE: No guarantee of return to duty for 36 acquitted policemen in massacre case
Credit to Author: Darwin Pesco| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 05:27:15 +0000
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Friday that the acquittal of 36 policemen in the Maguindanao massacre case did not guarantee reinstatement in service, its spokesman said.
“Acquittal does not necessarily translate to reinstatement to the police service,” Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesman, told The Manila Times in a message.
PNP, Banac said, was now studying the status and individual case folders of the acquitted policemen for its recommendation” if ever anyone will make an appeal sa (to) higher authority or appellate office for reinstatement.”
On Thursday, 43 including, eight members of the Ampatuan clan, were found guilty for 57 counts of murder with reclusion perpetua.
A total of 58 individuals were acquitted by the court, including the 36 policemen.