Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Senior Supt. Bartolome Tobias on Wednesday (June 10) left as spokesperson of the 150,000-strong Philippine National Police after holding the post for less than two months.
Tobias was reassigned to become the senior police assistant of Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II.
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Chief Supt. Wilfredo Franco, who was assigned as officer-in-charge of the Directorate for Police Community Relations Group last April, will temporarily take over the position.
Franco will soon be replaced by Chief Supt. Wilben Mayor, who is on-leave until June 18.
Mayor, who was named PNP spokesman in September 2014, is the officer-in-charge of the Directorate for Intelligence.
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