DILG’s Remulla suggests trimming down number of PNP generals

Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla visits Police Regional Office 3 at Camp Captain Julian Olivas in San Fernando City, Pampanga province on Oct. 18, 2024 (Photo from Police Regional Office 3/Facebook)

MANILA, Philippines —  Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla has recommended trimming down the number of generals in the Philippine National Police due to the redundancy of certain positions.

In a press briefing on Tuesday, Remulla said he aims to cut the number of generals from 138 to 25.

“That’s my plan, yes. We’re gonna let them retire. That’s one of my recommendations to flatten the organization,” he said.

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Remulla said that this is one of his priority recommendations as the new chief of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

“There are a lot of generals now without commands. If you look at it, mayroon tayong APC, area police command, wala namang tao sa ilalim nila, ‘di ba? So marami tayong mga redundancies na kailangan i trim down,” he explained.

There are a lot of generals now without commands. If you look at it, we have APC [or] area police command; there is no one under them, right? So we have a lot of redundancies that need to be trimmed down.)

“Again, nothing’s final; it’s recommendatory,” Remulla said.

Remulla replaced Benhur Abalos Jr. as DILG chief after the latter resigned to run as a senator in the 2025 elections.

The new DILG chief took oath before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Malacañan Palace last October 8.