Republic of the Philippines Department of the Interior and Local Government NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION Makaiti City RESOLUTION NO. _ 2020-252 CONFIRMING THE SPECIAL PROMOTION ORDERS OF THE FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TEN (4,210) PNP MEMBERS WHO WERE MERITORIOUSLY PROMOTED BEFORE JUNE 30, 2007 FOR PURPOSES OF PERMANENCY IN THE STATUS OF APPOINTMENT WHEREAS, Section 33 (b) of Republic Act 8551 provides that "Any uniformed member of the PNP who has exhibited acts of conspicuous courage and gallantry at the risk of his / her life above and beyond the call of duty, shall be promoted to the next higher rank: Provided, That such acts shall be validated by the Commission based on ‘established criteria,” WHEREAS, the PNP, prior to June 30, 2007, has issued Meritorious Promotion Orders ahead of the prerequisite validation of the meritorious act by the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) and the subsequent attestation of the corresponding appointments by the Civil Service Commission (CSC), WHEREAS, there were also cases wherein Meritorious Promotion Orders were already issued and appointments were subsequently attested by Civil Service Commission (CSC), but the meritorious acts were not validated by the NAPOLCOM and / or later disapproved by the same for failure to meet the established criteria on the grant of special promotion; WHEREAS, many of the grantees of Said Meritorious Promotion Orders were issued appointment in temporary status due to lack of appropriate eligibility and education requirement pursuant to NAPOLCOM Memorandum Circular No. 98-03 which was the policy in effect then; WHEREAS, NAPOLCOM Memorandum Circular No. 98-03 was amended by Memorandum Circular No. 2007-003 that repealed all the qualification standard requirements (education, eligibility, training and experience) on meritorious promotion for Police Non-Commissioned Officers (PNCOs) and repealed the qualification standard requirement of experience for Police Commissioned Officers (PCOs), WHEREAS, the NAPOLCOM, based on the premise that it is discriminatory to exclude police officers with temporary appointments to be meritoriously promoted, issued Memorandum Circular No. 2008-002 which repealed the provision that temporary appointment is a disqualification for special promotion; WHEREAS, the issuance of NAPOLCOM Memorandum Circular No. 2008-002 did not resolve the predicament of the PNP personnel concemed as the same issuance is applied prospectively, and therefore appointments issued before the effectivity of MC No. 2008-002 remained in temporary status which disqualifies them for regular promotion; WHEREAS, the NAPOLCOM and the PNP have recognized the fact that many of the subject PNP personnel have long carried their promotions and have continuously enjoyed the equivalent salary adjustments up to present, but remained ineligible for regular promotion because of lack of permanent appointments attested by the CSC; likewise, there are police officers, while waiting for the final resolution of their meritorious promotion, were already promoted through regular promotion;WHEREAS, in a meeting held on February 21, 2008 amongst representatives of the NAPOLCOM, PNP and CSC, a recommendation was adopted that an amnesty from the prescribed requirements be granted to PNP personnel who were issued Meritorious Promotion Orders up to June 30, 2007, under the following categories: a. Issued Meritorious Promotion Orders with SPADB Resolutions but without validation by the NAPOLCOM; b. Issued Meritorious Promotion Orders with SPADB Resolution but denied by the NAPOLCOM; c. Issued Meritorious Promotion Orders with SPADB Resolution and validated by the NAPOLCOM, d. Issued Meritorious Promotion Orders without SPADB Resolution and without validation by the NAPOLCOM, 8. May 1 with Issued Meritorious Promotion Orders but without NAPOLCOM validation; f, May 1 with Issued Meritorious Promotion Orders and validated by the NAPOLCOM; WHEREAS, the PNP, after series of consultative meetings with the NAPOLCOM, submitted a list of PNP personnel who are proposed to be granted such amnesty through confirmation by the NAPOLCOM of their Meritorious Promotion Orders: WHEREAS, a total of four thousand two hundred ten (4,210) PNP personnel are expected to benefit from the confirmation of meritorious promotion orders; WHEREAS, the Commission, after consideration of the proposal of the PNP, finds the same tenable based on the assertion that the police personnel concerned are in a predicament not of their own doing but because of administrative lapses and dysfunctions which happened in the past, NOW THEREFORE, the Commission, in the exercise of its constitutionally Mandated authority of administrative supervision and control over the PNP, HAS RESOLVED TO CONFIRM, AS IT HEREBY CONFIRMS, the special promotion orders of the four thousand two hundred ten (4,210) PNP members who were meritoriously promoted before June 30, 2007 for purposes of permanency in the status of appointment, attached as Annex “A” RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the confirmed Meritorious Promotion Orders shall be subject to the following conditions: 1. The effectivity date of the confirmed Meritorious Promotion Orders of those who remained in their rank and were not promoted through regular promotion shall be on the date of the heroic act, while those who were already promoted through regular promotion may request to amend the date of the effectivity of their confirmed Meritorious Promotion Orders to the date of the meritorious act but only for documentation purposes; 2. The time-in-grade of those who were already promoted prior to the confirmation of their Meritorious Promotion Orders shall be based on the date of attestation of their recent appointments acquired through regular promotion; and 3. The confirmed Meritorious Promotion Orders shall not be used as basis to claim for back wages.RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, that this Resolution shall take effect on May 11, 2010; RESOLVED, FINALLY, that a copy of this Resolution be furnished the Civil Service Commission for their appreciation and reference DONE this _25th day of __MAE _, 2010 in Makati City, Philippines. ld LDO V.PUNO; | {el YAL00 WON: i l Lae A” EDUARDO U. ESCUETA Commissioner Vice Chairman and Executive Officer Yew, ~PALMERA ALEJANDRO S. URRO commissioner commissioner VERZOSA CONSTANCIA/P. DE GUZMAN a Cgmmissioner Comijissioner Attested by Sefafevn won c jecretariat