Pang'nan Prov'l Director declared Persona Non Grata

Beleaguered Police Colonel Marlou Chan (L).

PROVINCIAL RESOLUTION NO. 277-2013 DECLARING PSSUPT.MARLOU C. CHAN AS PERSONA NON GRATA IN THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN

WHEREAS, sometime in December 2012, PSSupt. Marlou C. Chan assumed as Officer-in-Charge of the PNP Police Provincial Office of Pangasinan;

 WHEREAS, the designation as OIC Provincial Director was subsequently superseded by the issuance of a Memorandum designating PSSupt.Marlou C. Chan as Provincial Director on May 10, 2013;

 WHEREAS, despite his assumption into office, even as Officer-in-Charge of the PNP Police Provincial Office of Pangasinan, PSSupt Chan, deviating from normal conducts of newly-appointed PNP Provincial Directors, never bothered to formally present himself and his plans pertaining to the peace and order and security of Pangasinan, to the provincial officials, particularly, the members of the 7th
SangguniangPanlalawigan;

 WHEREAS, it is the position of the SangguniangPanlalawigan that the appointment is in contravention of the PNP laws and the Omnibus Election Code, and is in fact subject of a pending case before the courts of justice;

 WHEREAS, the sentiments of local leaders in the Province of Pangasinan were expressed in a Manifesto calling for a change in the PNP provincial leadership due to the inefficiency of its present leader in the provincial level;

 WHEREAS, in violation of COMELEC rules, PSSupt. Chan displayed tyrannical attitude in causing the transfers and movements of dedicated Chiefs of Police from their respective posts, thereby causing demoralization among the men and women in uniform within the Province of Pangasinan;

 WHEREAS, likewise complained about are the blatant violations committed by PSSupt. Chan during the election period wherein he demonstrated partiality and bias in the exercise of his official functions as Provincial Director, particularly in dealing with election related issues;

 WHEREAS, the SangguniangPanlalawigan has approved on its June 3, 2013 Regular Session, Provincial Resolution No. 243-2013 entitled “Expressing the Sense of Concurrence and Support to the Complaint filed by Honorable Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. against PSSupt. Marlou C. Chan, docketed as Civil Case No. 19270 and Urging the Latter to Step Down as Provincial Director of the PNP Pangasinan Police Provincial Office;
 WHEREAS, Provincial Resolution No. 243-2013 was received by the Office of the Provincial Director on June 6, 2013;

 WHEREAS, despite receipt of the said resolution approved by the SangguniangPanlalawigan, PSSupt. Chan remains seated in his office with no apparent intention to step down and vacate his position; 

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, on motion of all SangguniangPanlalawigan Members, duly seconded, it was – RESOLVED, by the SangguniangPanlalawigan of Pangasinan in session assembled to declare, as he is hereby declared, PSSupt.Marlou C. Chan as persona non grata in the Province of Pangasinan;


 RESOLVED, FINALLY, that copies of this resolution be furnished to Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr., PSSupt. Marlou C. Chan, Provincial Director, PNP Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, PCSupt. Ricardo C. Marquez, Regional Director, PNP Region I, San Fernando City, La Union, Police Director General Alan La Madrid Purisima, PNP Chief, PNP National Headquarters, Camp General Crame, Quezon City, the Chairman of the NAPOLCOM and Secretary Mar Roxas, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Quezon City, for their information and guidance.