DILG says no problem with 'privilege' of chopper picking up PNP chief from Balesin

Photo release shows the crash site of the H125 Airbus after the aircraft was earlier reported missing hours after taking off at 6:17  a.m. from the Manila Domestic Airport in Pasay City on February 21, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Tuesday backed Police Gen. Dionardo Carlos, PNP chief for having a PNP chopper pick him up from the Balesin Island Club in Polillo, Quezon. 

In an interview with GMA News TV, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año staunchly defended the country's top cop, saying it was "among the privileges as head of [the] organization" to allow his usage of the police chopper. 

"He’s the [Chief of the PNP] and as the CPNP attending to official functions, it is just rightful for him to use the PNP chopper," he said. 

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