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Dela Rosa on Magalong's retirement: It's like I lost my right wing

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Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News

If he had a choice, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; Dela Rosa said he wouldn&#x27;t let Police Director Benjamin Magalong retire. He expressed his thoughts in a video message he sent from Cambodia for the latter&#x27;s<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/12/14/16/the-dragon-bows-out-magalong-retires-from-pnp"> retirement</a> honors in Camp Crame.Magalong is known in Camp Crame as Dela Rosa&#x27;s equalizer when it comes to dealing with more senior officers.Dela Rosa is a member of PMA &quot;Sinagtala&quot; Class of 1986, &quot;bypassing&quot; officers from PMA Classes of 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985.Dela Rosa sees Magalong, who is from the PMA Sandigan Class of 1982, as his &quot;anchor.&quot;&quot;Sa pag-retire mo, para akong nawalan ng right wing...Wala na ako big brother na aalalay sa akin kapag ako&#x27;y kinokontra ng matitigas na ulo na upper class,&quot; Dela Rosa said.Dela Rosa, however, said that he will find ways to deal with the &quot;hard-headed&quot; officials.With Magalong&#x27;s retirement, Dela Rosa will have two senior officers in his command group. Current deputy director for administration PDDG Franciso Uyami is also a member of PMA Class of 1982. Dela Rosa describes Uyami as his &quot;left wing&quot;.PDDG Ramon Apolinario, meanwhile, has been assigned to replace Magalong in his post effective December 15. The new Deputy Chief PNP for Operations is a member of the PMA Class of 1985. <div>Meanwhile, Dela Rosa also named new police officials to new posts in the PNP D-Staff, Regional Offices and NSUs:</div>PCSupt Ramon Purugganan - acting Director for Personnel and Record ManagementPCSupt Edwin Roque - acting Director for PlansPSSupt Glenn Dumlao - acting Director, Anti-Kidnapping GroupPSSupt Manolo Ozaeta - acting Director, Legal ServiceAlso included in the PNP&#x27;s &quot;major revamp&quot; are:PCSupt Sheldon Jacaban - acting Deputy Director, Director for IntelligencePSSupt Renato Angara - acting Deputy Regional Director for Administration, PRO2PSSupt Jose Briones Jr. - ADRDA, PRO12PSSupt Froilan Quidilla - ADRDA, PRO MIMAROPAPCSupt Frankling Moises Mabanag - ADRDA, PRO7

If he had a choice, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said he wouldn't let Police Director Benjamin Magalong retire.

If he had a choice, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said he wouldn't let Police Director Benjamin Magalong retire.

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Dela Rosa on Magalong's retirement: It's like I lost my right wing

Jeff Canoy,

ABS-CBN News

Published Dec 15, 2016 03:56 PM PHT

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