Lt. Gen. Michael John Dubria was named concurrent officer-in-charge of the Office of the Deputy Chief for Administration (OTDCA), the Philippine National Police’s No. 2 post.
Dubria’s designation took effect Thursday, based on an order by PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil made public on Friday.
Dubria replaced Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 56 on Aug. 24.
Dubria will remain the PNP No. 3 or the Deputy Chief for Operations (DCO).
“This is additional duty, acting deputy chief for administration, so that the functions of DCA will not be hampered. There are documents that need to reach the office of the Chief PNP, so he (Dubria) is concurrent DCO and DCA,” PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said in a press briefing at Camp Crame in Quezon City on Friday.
The OTDCA is in charge of administrative matters and financial transactions of the police force.
Fajardo, meanwhile, said the impending retirement of members of the PNP Command Group would trigger another major revamp of officials.
She said Lt. Gen. Jon Arnaldo, the PNP’s fourth top official as chief of the Directorial Staff, will retire in October while Dubria will retire in December.
“A few more senior officials are also expected to retire this coming month of September. In view of that, we expect some changes in designation in the coming days in PNP,” Fajardo said.
