PSupt. Clet replaced
PSSupt. Pancho Hubilla whose two-year stint ended September 16, 2010.
In his speech, Hubilla
tried a few Waray lines with struggle and enjoined the mayors present
and Samar Governor Sharee Ann Tan to give support to Clet.
Clet, meanwhile called
himself a ‘caregiver’ not a caretaker as he is designated Officer in
Charge (OIC) pending upon appointment processes inherent in
government.
Like Hubilla, Clet
also sought the support of the scores of the local chief executives
and the chiefs of police who crowded at the cramp
PNP conference hall.
Hubilla seemed
literally and figuratively ‘relieved’ as he mingled and joked with the
local media during the lunch he tendered for them.
“I will try to achieve
a higher level of performance in my duty especially against
criminality,” Clet said in his speech punctuated with jests that his
audience enjoyed.
The new director
acknowledged his partners like the army, the church and other force
multipliers that he referred to as his ‘team’.
Clet was assigned at
the Regional Office Command in
Tacloban
City
prior to his Samar directorship.
As a Bicolano and a
member of PNPA class ’86, Clet was assigned in hometown Bicol and has
been credited for his sterling command of security, peace and order
during the Fiesta of the Lady of Peñafrancia where a humungous crowd
always gather in Naga City.
Clet was also one of
the Ten Outstanding Policemen of 2006 while then chief of police in
Iriga City. With his outstanding achievements in the service,
Samarnons look forward to Clet’s battle with reported private armies
in Samar, especially so that they tend to sprout during elections
days.
Barangay elections are
scheduled in October this year. (PIA-Samar)
