Philippine National Police(PNP)

Service Records of PMAJ GIOVANNI ALMAZAN PILI including Transfer Orders to new assigned posts

As you have already had much more than 35 working days to fulfill my FOI request,  and waited until the 34th day to Deny and state you wanted a more detailed reason for my Request than "Legal" even though you have previously approved my Requests with the reason stated as "Legal", one would expect this is processed well within the 15 days allowable. 

I also point out the LAW;

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 02

SECTION 6. Application and Interpretation. There shall be
a legal presumption in favor of access to information, public
records and official records. No request for information shall
be denied unless it clearly falls under any of the exceptions
listed in the inventory or updated inventory of exceptions
circularized by the Office of the President provided in the
preceding section.

The determination of the applicability of any of the exceptions
to the request shall be the responsibility of the Head of the
Office which is in custody or control of the information,
public record or official record, or the responsible central or
field officer duly designated by him in writing.

In making such determination, the Head of the Office or
his designated officer shall exercise reasonable diligence
to ensure that no exception shall be used or availed of
to deny any request for information or access to public
records, or official records if the denial is intended primarily
and purposely to cover up a crime, wrongdoing, graft or
corruption.

Good Day Sir/Ma'am

Please be informed that your FOI request was received by PRO9 FOI section.
Thank You.

Respectfully,

PRO9 FOI Receiving Officer

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1829

Section 1. The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period, or a fine ranging from 1,000 to 6,000 pesos, or both, shall be imposed upon any person who knowingly or willfully obstructs, impedes, frustrates or delays the apprehension of suspects and the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases by committing any of the following acts:

(b) altering, destroying, suppressing or concealing any paper, record, document, or object, with intent to impair its verity, authenticity, legibility, availability, or admissibility as evidence in any investigation of or official proceedings in, criminal cases, or to be used in the investigation of, or official proceedings in, criminal cases;

(c) harboring or concealing, or facilitating the escape of, any person he knows, or has reasonable ground to believe or suspect, has committed any offense under existing penal laws in order to prevent his arrest prosecution and conviction;

February 8, 2023

Dear Kisha Marie Mountney,

I refer to my letter of Jan 20, 2023 05:17:07 PM; about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Service Records of PMAJ GIOVANNI ALMAZAN PILI including Transfer Orders to new assigned posts- PRO9.

Our response to your request is due on Feb 10, 2023 05:17:07 PM. Unfortunately, it is taking longer than expected to deal with your 
request because the particular Data you are 
requesting is being collected briefly.

I apologize for this delay but have applied for an extension so we could work further on your request. We hope to be able to send you a response on or before Mar 10, 2023 05:17:07 PM.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://zcwdv420190208-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEFBOUC0zMjcwMDY0MjY1OTgM, for request with ticket number #PNP-327006426598.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

PRO 9 Philippine National Police
FOI Officer

Please be informed that your request is denied. The documents being requested are classified as restricted documents.