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'Too sketchy': VP Sara says of Torre's appointment as PNP chief

Published Jun 4, 2025 01:56 pm
Vice President Sara Duterte said that the appointment of newly installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III was “too sketchy.”

Vice President Sara Duterte and new PNP chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III (Photos from Lance Duterte, PNP)

The Vice President spoke to reporters outside the detention facility in The Hague, Netherlands, where she visited former president Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, June 3.

“Mayroong recent findings ang Senate of violations of law of this police officer. So, bakit mo naman gagawing Chief of Police? So, masyadong sketchy yung decision (The Senate has recent findings that this police officer had violations of law. So, why are you going to make him Chief of Police? So, the decision was sketchy),” she claimed, referring to presidential sister Senator Imee Marcos’ Senate investigation that questioned the constitutionality of the former president’s arrest.

This comment came after she initially laughed off Torre’s promotion as head of the national police.

Torre, who led the arrest of the Vice President’s father on March 11 and sent the former leader to The Hague, was appointed PNP chief by President Marcos.

The Chief Executive attended the turnover rites last June 2.

Aside from leading the former president’s arrest based on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and a request of assistance from the Interpol, the new PNP chief also arrested televangelist Apollo Quiboloy in Davao City.

Quiboloy, who is wanted for child abuse, sexual abuse, and human trafficking, is a known Duterte ally.

Torre was then promoted as PNP’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief after the embattled pastor’s arrest.

House speakership

Aside from Torre’s appointment, Duterte is also questioning the retention of Speaker Martin Romualdez in the House leadership, especially after hinting that she wanted her brother, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte, to seek the speakership.

In fact, the Vice President even raised concerns that the country is headed for progress following Romualdez’s appointment as House Speaker.

“Well, I do not think magiging mas maayos or mas maganda ang ating bansa. Unang-una, doon na lang tayo sa pagpili ng Speaker of the House of Representatives na noon ko pang sinabi na bakit ka naman pipili ng Speaker of the House of Representatives na (our country will have a good future. First, let’s talk about choosing the Speaker of the House of Representatives that I have been saying before why are you going to pick a Speaker of the House of Representatives who’s) implicated in a bribery case, on records, in a case in the United States,” she asked.

That alone, Duterte added, should already raise questions.

“Parang pag alam mo kaagad na ganun, hindi mo i-up, hindi mo susuportahan yan (If you know that, you shouldn’t, you will not support him) as Speaker of the House of Representatives,” the Vice President said of Romualdez, President Marcos’ cousin.

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