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• are under some form of political control
• The Philippine National Police at present retains many of the problems and issues of the old Philippine Constabulary, namely that it is a highly politicised, highly militarised and institutionally corrupt
• all appointments to senior military and police ranks and positions
• are made by the President of the Philippines
• policing in the Philippines at the national level is under tight political control, as the President is a political figure

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