Mayor Ruffy Biazon and the Muntinlupa City Council have approved an ordinance establishing a People's Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) Desk in every barangay.
The PLEB was created under Republic Act 6975 or the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990.
The Muntinlupa People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) together with Councilor Alexson Diaz visited Barangay Putatan for information dissemination about the board (DILG Muntinlupa).
Under the law, the PLEB hears and decides “citizen’s complaints or cases filed before it against erring officers and members of the PNP (Philippine National Police).”
Biazon signed Muntinlupa Ordinance No. 2023-053, or "An Ordinance Mandating the Establishment of Barangay PLEB Desk Office and Designation of PLEB Desk Officer in every Barangay of Muntinlupa City,” that was passed by the Muntinlupa City Council.
The creation of the PLEB Desk in every barangay in Muntinlupa was done as “it has been observed that for the last few years, formal filing of cases with the Board have consistently been decreasing which can be attributed to several factors.”
“The creation of PLEB Desk in every Barangay is in line with Mayor Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon's 7-K Agenda, specifically: Kapayapaan/Kaayusan (peace and order), and Katarungan (justice),” according to the ordinance.
All the nine barangays in Muntinlupa will each have a Barangay PLEB Desk Office and “every barangay is mandated to allot a certain workspace within their respective Barangay Halls for the said Barangay PLEB Desk which ideally must be placed inside the office of the Barangay Police.”
The barangay chairman will appoint a Barangay PLEB Desk Officer whose tasks include referring “all complaints to the PLEB Secretariat (within 24 hours from time of engagement).”
Under the local law, a PLEB Desk Office is prohibited from doing the following: Give personal opinion about the complaint; give a heads up or advanced information to the respondent; receive a hard copy of complaint; accept gifts, tokens or any gratuities in all forms from either or both of the parties involved; engage with any of the parties from the time the case is lodged with the PLEB; and do acts that may be prohibited or prescribed by the PLEB.