Eleazar vows to eradicate ‘padrino’ policy in PNP recruitment

Newly installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar on Friday underscored that the "padrino" system had no place in the police organization.

In his assumption speech, Eleazar admitted that the system had become common practice in the PNP recruitment process.

However, eradicating the practice would allow the entry of more deserving and qualified applicants.

"Naging kalakaran na kasi na kung papasok ka ng PNP, kailangan may kilala ka, otherwise baka mai-slash ka or hindi mapili. Sa recruitment pa lang, nagkakaroon na ng korapsyon," Eleazar said.

(It has become common practice in joining the PNP. You have to know someone, otherwise, you might end up being cut or ignored. As early as the corruption stage, there's corruption.)

"Para sa mga aplikante, hindi niyo na kailangang maghanap ng padrino at gumastos," he said. "Itinutuwid na po natin ang kultura ng palakasan at padrino system sa recruitment na nagsilbing hadlang para makapasok ang iba pang qualified na aplikante."

(As for you applicants, you no longer need to look for a "sponsor" nor spend money. We've started doing away with the culture of connections in recruitment, which has prevented the entry of qualified applicants.)

Under Eleazar's leadership, the PNP is set to enforce a QR code system in the recruitment process to get the best police officers for the organization.

"Sa QR Code or Quick Response Code, walang pangalan, walang mukha, only their qualifications would be the basis of their evaluation," Eleazar said.

(With the QR Code or Quick Response Code, there won't be any names, no faces, only their qualifications would be the basis of their evaluation.)

This system is part of Eleazar's intensified cleanliness policy in the ranks that aims to shield the organization from police scalawags. — DVM, GMA News