Singer-actress and known Duterte critic Agot Isidro has commended the conduct of the Philippine Army in enforcing the enhanced community quarantine guidelines.
In a tweet, Isidro shared a news tweet by ABS-CBN journalist Anjo Bagaoisan regarding an Army reservist who gave out a face mask to people they caught walking on the street without one.
Cite the difference between the Army and PNP.
Sinong bet? https://t.co/6BrCQcG7IH
— Agot Isidro (@agot_isidro) April 29, 2020
The PNP, on the other hand, figured in a slew of controversies in recent weeks, and most of them involving abuses of power.
Just recently, the PNP was embroiled in a controversy after a policeman tried to arrest a foreigner in Dasmarinas Village without a warrant of arrest.
The policeman said he got pissed off with the foreigner’s cursing and disobedience thus they engaged in a brawl which led to the foreigner being held on the ground causing some abrasions on the latter.
Video of police abuse inside a private residence in Dasmarinas Village. They were imposing a 1k fine for not wearing a face mask on the kasambahay who was watering the front lawn. Ano na @Mayora_Abby ? #PoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/w6tPIIFYLs
— Gina A. Policarpio (@gapolicarpio) April 27, 2020
Another controversy was the shooting and killing of retired army personnel Winston Ragos.
Instead of preserving the crime scene, the police took away a crucial piece of evidence in broad daylight and later, they would supposedly find a loaded revolver without a serial number in Winston Ragos’s sling bag. Witnesses, however, said he was unarmed. pic.twitter.com/JQaSL1G8mX
— Philip Jamilla (@pmjamilla) April 23, 2020
And the latest one involving police who beat up a minor caught outside their home.
https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS/posts/10158281960035168
Meanwhile, some netizens who replied to Agot’s tweet agreed that AFP personnel are commendable with their actions compared to the PNP.
https://twitter.com/enseegolucky/status/1255423115489837059
Ganyan dapat hindi ung puro nalang karahasan
— jimmy alvarez (@alvarez_1968) April 29, 2020
pwede pa lang ganyan gawin, akala ko violence agad
— Ren Ren (@raener03) April 29, 2020
