Manila, Aug. 28 -- The National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Thursday said it is set to issue a resolution affirming the appointment of Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. as acting chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

In a press briefing at the Napolcom headquarters in Quezon City, Napolcom Vice Chairperson and Executive Officer Rafael Vicente Calinisan said the resolution will be issued soon to make sure that Nartatez can exercise full powers over the PNP.

"Importante yun kasi kung OIC (officer-in-charge) daily routinary functions of the office [lang]. Walang discretionary power. Kung ikaw ay acting (That is important because an OIC only has daily routine functions of the office. There is no discretionary power. If you ar...