The PNP executive surprised by ACT's request to stop profiling its members

MANILA, Philippines – A senior Philippine National Police (PNP) official said Thursday that he was surprised by the movement of the party's party group, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), which was seeking The court helps to stop the police from profiling its members.

In an application submitted through the National Union of People's Advocates (NUPL), ACT had urged the Court of Appeal (BOR) to issue a restrictive order to the PNP's information-gathering activities to identify its members. in schools.

The petition also called on the supervisory authority to declare the memorandum issued by the PNP Intelligence Directorate directing the collection of information as unconstitutional.

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"We would prefer to reserve our point-by-point rebuttal to questions raised by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers at the appropriate forum at the most appropriate time," said the Chief Superintendent of the PNP. Benigno Durana Jr. said in a statement Thursday.

"However, I am surprised at the relevance of questioning the wisdom of state policy set out in the country's basic law," he said.

Durana affirmed that the PNP was mandated to enforce the law and guarantee peace and order in the country.

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The PNP had previously stated that the intelligence operation was intended to identify the teachers who support the communist movement. PNP chief executive Oscar Albayalde also said that Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, called ACT one of its legal fronts.

"Intelligence gathering allows the state to distinguish genuine progressives from unrepentant communist terrorists in order to overthrow a duly elected government through violent means," said Durana.

Durana noted that the scope of the Republic Act 10173 or the Data Protection Act 2012 (Section IV, paragraph E) does not apply to the "information necessary for the 39, exercise of the functions of public authority, which includes the processing of personal data ". the execution by the central and independent monetary authorities, as well as law enforcement and regulatory bodies, of the functions conferred on them by the Constitution and the law. "/ ee

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