Napolcom sets another NSQEE in Basilan for MILF, MNLF members
NAPOLCOM announces that there will be an examination to be held at Lamitan, Basilan, on Sunday, May 29, 2022, following appeals that the National Police Commission or Napolcom conducts its Special Qualifying Eligibility Examination (NSQEE) not only in Cotabato City and BARMM.
The NSQEE shall be given exclusively to the members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
The Napolcom stresses that members of the MILF and MNLF who aspire to join the police service shall need to submit a certification issued by the Chairman of the MILF or MNLF validated by the Ad Hoc Office on Bangsamoro Policing, as prescribed under Executive Order No. 0003, series 2022, by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Office of the Chief Minister entitled “An Order Creating and Organizing an Ad Hoc Office on Bangsamoro Policing under the Office of the Chief Minister, Defining its Functions, and for Other Purposes” dated March 7, 2022.
The Ad Hoc Office on Bangsamoro Policing shall provide general administrative support in the application process set forth by the Napolcom, and it shall be responsible for the initial screening of applications for the NSQEE.
It shall coordinate with relevant National Government (NG) and Bangsamoro Government (BG) agencies in the processing of paper qualification requirements of applicants; shall authenticate Certificates of Membership issued by the authorized signatories of the MILF and MNLF; and shall endorse and submit applications for the NSQEE to the Napolcom.
The Ad Hoc Office on Bangsamoro Policing shall also validate and verify information of applicants, as may be requested by Napolcom, and shall submit updates, reports, and recommendations to the Chief Minister and the BG-Intergovernmental Relations Body (IGRB).
To facilitate the entry into the Philippine National Police (PNP) of MILF and MNLF members, the Napolcom was mandated to grant age, height, and educational waivers for a period of five years from the ratification of Republic Act No. 11504, otherwise known as the “Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao”.
Eligibility, however, as one of the minimum qualification standards for appointment in the PNP, is not covered by a waiver provision as provided for under paragraph 3, Section 2, Article XI of RA 11504 – hence, the need to administer the NSQEE.
The Napolcom will confer passers of the NSQEE with eligibility which can be used solely as appropriate eligibility for the rank of Patrolman/Patrolwoman in a temporary appointment.
Permanent appointment may only be given upon satisfaction of the prescribed educational requirement of a baccalaureate degree – they must obtain within 15 years upon entry to the PNP, as prescribed under Section 14 of RA 8551, on the general qualification for appointment into the PNP.
The NSQE, also shall not automatically entitle the holder to an appointment in the PNP as further prescribed in Napolcom Resolution No. 2022-0081 entitled “Prescribing Napolcom Special Qualifying Eligibility (NSQE) as Appropriate Eligibility for Temporary Appointment to the Rank of Patrolman/Patrolwoman in the Philippine National Police (PNP) for Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)”. By Jun I. Legaspi
