Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama reiterated his desire to have Senior Supt. Conrad Capa as chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO).
“I’ll be in Manila by Monday. I’ll find a way to get to the PNP office and thresh these things out, whoever I can discuss these things because I want Capa to be my chief of police,” Rama said in his regular press briefing yesterday.
The mayor said he is so far satisfied with Capa’s performance especially with the handling of the security preparations of last month’s Sinulog celebration.
Capa has been the acting director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) since December after Senior Supt. Noli Romana was relieved and transferred to the Civil Security Group in Camp Crame.
Capa is deputy regional director for operations of the Police Regional Office (PRO-7).
Chief Supt. Prudencio Bañas, director of PRO-7, has said holding the position as city director will hinder Capa’s promotion to chief superintendent
In previous interviews, Capa said he was not keen on taking the post as CCPO chief.
Rama said he hasn’t received a list of names from which he can choose the new CCPO director.
Under section 63 of Republic Act 8551 or the PNP Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998, mayors have the authority to choose the chief of police from a list of five eligibles recommended by the provincial police director “preferably from same province, city or municipality.”
“Si Capa, nakakita ko sa iyang kasing-kasing, gusto siya mo-trabaho gyud (I know he has the heart to serve). He loves Cebu City. Kita sya nga (He saw that) this is his home,” Rama said.
“I don’t want to be a hindrance to his promotion. But if he intends that he would be available, of course, kanindot ana nga taw nga isog. Kahibaw mobarog. Dili kaayo tabian. (He’s a good person, he’s strong. He can stand on his own. He’s not talkative.),” Rama said.
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