With the start of the campaign period for national candidates in the 2025 midterm elections this month, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla said he will make sure that cops who engage in partisan politics will be prosecuted.

“I will not hesitate to have them charged and to make sure that the due process of law is observed,” he said.

“You have seen my record. I have a very low tolerance for malfeasance lalong-lalo na sa PNP (Philippine National Police),” said Remulla during a press conference in Baguio City as part of his visit to Police Regional Office-Cordillera Administrative Region in La Trinidad, Benguet last Wednesday.

He cited the Department’s efforts in filing cases against rogue members of the PNP tagged in the 990-kilo drug haul in Manila in 2022.

“Yung mga kaso na ‘yan ni-review ko kaagad at ngayon nakakulong na sila, so I will not hesitate,” he said.

Meanwhile, he said he fully supports the “Kontra Bigay” campaign spearheaded by the Commission on Elections, saying that this should go hand in hand with a Kontra Tanggap drive.

“Dalawa dapat ‘yan eh, campaign Kontra Bigay at campaign Kontra Tanggap. Two sides ‘yan eh. Dapat magkasama ‘yun,” he said.

He said he does not believe in vote-buying even when he was a local official in his home province of Cavite.” I don’t believe in vote buying either, it’s never been necessary sa province namin but that is a cultural phenomenon that has to be addressed nationally,” Remulla said.

Original Article At: https://www.dilg.gov.ph/news/Remulla-vows-to-prosecute-cops-engaging-in-partisan-political-activities/NC-2025-1019