PNP joins AFP to stop Left's extortion during election season

Jun 13, 2021 2:10 am

Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the police would work closely with the military in preventing communist terrorists from extorting 'permit-to-campaign' fees from politicians during the election season.

Eleazar's statement on Saturday comes after the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) tapped the police and local government units to stop the alleged election extortion activity by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA).

PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar

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