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‘Terror
cop’ runs for councilor in Malabon
By Christian V. Esguerra, Inquirer News
Service, February 28, 2001
http://www.inq7.net/met/2001/feb/28/met_8-1.htm
A "TERROR" policeman who gained prominence for playing Dirty Harry
against notorious criminals will run for councilor in Malabon.
Retired Col. Alfonso "Boyong" Mañalac, whose life story was made into
a 1991 movie starring Eddie Garcia, is gunning for a seat in the municipal
council under the Nationalist People’s Coalition ticket of reelectionist Mayor
Amado Vicencio.
A Malabon police chief during the late 1980s, Mañalac said Vicencio’s camp
invited him to run for councilor to help improve the town’s peace and order
situation.
"I was primarily tapped to apply my police training," Mañalac said.
"I’ll devote my time to ensuring the safety of my constituents."
His decision to run was also triggered by the tragic fate of his 21-year-old son
Marlon who was murdered by five Caloocan policemen in 1989 because of a minor
traffic altercation.
The son, then a barangay councilman and a graduating civil engineering student,
was shot dead by the policemen, whom he had accidentally sideswiped in Caloocan,
Mañalac said.
During their argument, the policemen beat up the young Mañalac, he added.
When they realized that the young man was a son of Mañalac, who was then a
police major and member of the Northern Police District inspectorate division,
they decided to kill the young man to prevent him from filing charges, Mañalac
said.
"If I win, I’ll make sure Malabon’s youth will not suffer the fate of
my son," he said. "It’s very hard for a parent to endure such a
tragedy."
During the 1998 local elections, Mañalac ran for mayor under the Liberal Party,
whose presidential candidate was Alfredo Lim, his Dirty Harry counterpart in the
Manila police.
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