Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr. on Wednesday named Public Information Office (PIO) chief Brigadier Gen. Randulf Tuaño as the official spokesperson for the organization.
Tuaño replaces Brigadier Gen. Jean Fajardo, who held the position while concurrently serving as head of the PNP Directorate for Comptrollership. Besides Tuaño, Nartatez said he will also speak to the public and the media on behalf of the organization.
Nartatez also said having Tuaño as the official spokesperson makes sense as he had all the repository of reports and he leads the PIO. Fajardo, meanwhile, remains as comptroller based on the updated list of PNP organizational structure as of August 26, 2025.
As new head of the PNP, Nartatez said he will also not shy away from reassigning key personnel, if necessary, subject to the approval of the National Police Commission (Napolcom), which he acknowledged as the “watchdog” of the organization.
He said he will comply with the Napolcom resolution overturning some of the reassignments made by his predecessor, Gen. Nicolas Torre III, whose controversial reshuffle order led to his removal from office.
“We will audit the units. All of the positions in the Philippine National Police,” Nartatez said. “If we have activities or major operations or major missions within our jurisdiction, then we have to place somebody there, including the team to get there,” he added.
