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'No mañanita on my birthday,' assures PNP Chief Gamboa, as retirement nears

Published Sep 1, 2020 12:45 pm

Philippine National Police Chief Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa said there will be no mañanita on his 56th birthday on Wednesday which coincides with his mandatory retirement from the police service.

Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa (PNP / MANILA BULLETIN)

“I am packed and ready to go. But sorry, there will be no celebration and there will be no mañanita. I already issued a directive that there must be no mañanita,” said Gamboa.

Mañanita is a long-held tradition in the police and the military.  Commanders are greeted by their subordinates, who prepare and bring food for the gathering, in the earliest time possible on the morning of the birthday.

The observance of this popular tradition came under fire last May when, in the midst of stringent quarantine measures, Metro Manila police chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas held a birthday party inside a police headquarters.

Photos of the gathering where the safety and health protocols --- including mandatory wearing of face masks and proper physical distancing --- were evidently not observed by Sinas and his well-wishers ignited controversy as these were projected on several social media platforms.

After this was called out and denounced, Sinas’ superior, Interior and Local Governments Secretary Eduardo Año, also an alumnus of the Philippine Military Academy like Sinas, said that what happened was a mañanita, thereby popularizing the term denoting the practice.

Instead of a celebration, Gamboa said the greeters and well-wishers may communicate or celebrate with him in an online (or Zoom) meeting. 

The PNP has already prepared retirement honors for Gamboa who served as the 23rd Chief of the PNP since January, after serving three months as Officer-In-Charge starting October 209.  In the event a new PNP Chief would have been appointedby President Duterte at that time, a turnover of command ceremony may just take place on the same occasion as Gamboa’s retirement ceremony.

Gamboa said that the issue of extension of his tour of duty as PNP Chief has never been discussed. In fact, he said he had already forwarded a recommendation for his replacement to Secretary Año.

“Honestly I don't have any idea. Let's just wait for the President. I think when I texted SILG last night, they will talk it out with the President today. So we’ll just wait,” said Gamboa.

But if no replacement has been named on or before his retirement date Gamboa said the rule of succession applies and that means that the next most senior officer, his PMA classmate Lt. Gen. Camilo Pancratius Cascolan, will assume the post as an officer-in-charge.

Gamboa expressed gratitude to the President for giving him the opportunity to serve as PNP Chief. He is the third member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1986 who occupied the position after his predecessors Ronald dela Rosa (who has since been elected Senator) and Oscar Albayalde.

“My wish (is what) I have always campaigned for:  a better PNP and the much-needed support of the community to the PNP,” said Gamboa. 

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