“This stint for a PNP Chief is too brief a time to ensure continuity in PNP’s programs and develop a working relationship with one’s subordinates,” De Lima said in her explanatory note to Senate Bill no. 1899, filed on November 10 and shared with reporters on Tuesday, November 17.
This and the steady upward trend in life expectancy data in the Philippines means more productive years for members of the police force, many of whom want to work longer, De Lima said. “In prematurely ending the careers of the police force with a 56-year-old retirement age, the younger generation of police men and women are deprived of mentoring opportunities by their seniors who still possess sharpness of mind, high level of fitness, agility and strength of body,” De Lima said.
“By increasing the age of compulsory retirement, the government may save money by not paying retirement benefits so early,” De Lima said.to increase the age of AFP members is pending at the Senate. Besides optimizing the leadership of the military, raising the retirement age would help address the ballooning cost of retired soldiers’ retirement benefits and pensions.
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