PNP exec: Trillanes still to have security staff

PNP spokesperson Sr. Supt. Benigno Durana. Senator Antonio Trillanes still has security personnel, even without escorts, from the Philippine National Police (PNP), a police officer said Saturday.

Trillanes already has six security escorts, Sr. Supt. Benigno Durana, PNP spokesman, told INQUIRER.net in a text:

Two of his escorts come from a special unit of the Philippine Armed Forces, two from the Philippine Navy and two from the Senate . Security Bureau, said Durana.

The senator said earlier that his police security staff had been recalled to their mother unit at Crame camp in June and the PNP has not provided any explanation on this matter.

However, Durana explained that the non-renewal of the police's injunctions is "consistent with the implementation of the" Alunan Doctrine "which he says" provides that civil servants can only have two

Trillanes also stated that the reason for the PNP's move was not explained to him.

"We will check if this simple protocol has been observed by the people involved," Durana said, citing Trillanes. d were informed by the PNP of the non-renewal of his letters of order. / jpv