Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Superintendent Edgardo Tinio on Wednesday said he was publicly embarrassed when President Rodrigo Duterte dropped his name as one of the police authorities supposedly included in the illegal drugs exchange.
"Alam ninyo naman po, nakakahiya 'yang nangyari na 'yan. Ang nangyari po ay public embarrassment at trial by publicity," Tinio said.
Tinio focused on that the data Duterte may have gotten from his sources and other police authorities ought to have been checked first before calling out their names out in the open.
"Sana bago po niya tinuran 'yung mga salita na yun, bago po kami binilad sa kahihiyan, dapat po sana vinalidate maigi 'yung kaniyang impormasyon. Kaya willing po ako humarap sa kahit sino mang impormante ng Presidente, kung sino mang opisyal ang nagsabing ako ay included sa illicit drugs," he said.
Amid his speech at the 69th commemoration of the Philippine Air Force on Tuesday, Duterte drops the names of 5 police commanders supposedly involved in illicit drugs operations including Tinio, Vicente Loot, Bernardo Diaz, Marcelo Garbo Jr., and Joel Pagdilao.
Test to PNP chief
In the same TV interview, Tinio tested PNP chief Director General Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa to investigate the matter promptly, as he communicated eagerness to collaborate with the procedures to demonstrate his innocence.
"Ako po kaya kong humarap mata-mata, tumingin kahit kanino na malinis ang konsensya. I have never been included in illicit drugs, in any shenanigans," he said.
"Imestigahan po ang dapat imbestigahan. Malaman po sana, and we get to the base of these cases. Also, linisin po ang pangalan ng mga hindi talaga sangkot sa illegal drugs," he included.
In the meantime, Tinio focused on that he was never required in any illicit drug operations notwithstanding when he was just a low-positioned cop.
"Yung aking maybahay, alam niya ang pagkatao ko. Hindi ko sila pinakain ng galing sa illegal drugs. I never plunged my fingers sa illicit drugs. Mula noong ako po ay second lieutenant pinangalagaan ko po ang pangalan ko," he said
