CALBAYOG CITY: The Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership on Friday reminded all personnel to stay away from politics but to continue to uphold and protect the Constitution at all times."For us to keep our republic intact, we should uphold the rule of law. Kung anuman ang mandated ng Constitution sa atin, doon lang tayo, (Whatever the Constitution mandates us to do, that's where we should stand)," Chief General Benjamin Acorda told personnel from various PNP units in Samar province in a brief meeting at the Calbayog Sports Center.The PNP top official again refuted rumors about destabilization against the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr."Often, it is told in the media. May mga media practitioners na nagsasabi (there are media practitioners who say) military and police generals asking the President to resign. Gentlemen, I never asked anyone to resign, more so the President," Acosta told policemen.He then encouraged the entire police force to be vigilant and shun politics."Leave the politics to them. We assure this administration kung ano ang require ng batas sa atin doon tayo (that what the law requires of us, there we stand). That is what we will keep this country intact," Acosta added.Acosta visited Calbayog to personally condole and provide assistance to the families of three police officers killed during the Jan. 30 encounter with a criminal group in Santa Margarita, Samar.He also visited the four wounded cops recuperating in a private hospital in this city.Acosta was accompanied by Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas Regional Director Brig. Gen. Reynaldo Pawid.Source: Philippines News AgencyRep. Bae Hyun-jin of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Friday made her first public appearance since being attacked by a teenager last week.Bae, who represents the eastern Seoul district of Songpa, attended a PPP meeting in her constituency Friday, eight days after a 15-year-old boy struck the lawmaker repeatedly in the head with a rock.Bae, who had her bleeding wound stapled, was discharged from a Seoul hospital last Saturday. She attended Friday's meeting wearing a green beanie over her injured head."I hope what I've experienced won't turn into a trauma marked by fear. I will try to create a politics based on hope and joy, not one led by dread and fear," Bae told the audience. "I really want to demonstrate that we can all protect each other and we can be even safer. I will try to get rid of violent politics that banks on hatred."While thanking paramedics for their help last week, Bae also paid tribute to two firefighters who were found dead Thursday while trying to put out a fire at a factory in the central city of Mungyeong."Hearing about that incident broke my heart," Bae said. "Everyone in politics must pay more attention to firefighters, paramedics and police officers who sacrifice for the rest of us."PPP leader Han Dong-hoon canceled his other commitments scheduled for Friday to attend the Songpa meeting in a show of his support for Bae."This is an important day marking Rep. Bae's courageous return to her normal life," Han said. "I had no choice but to cancel everything else for today to be here."Han praised the way Bae handled the aftermath of her attack, as she stayed above the fray and refused to get into a blame game."Politically, it would be easy to point fingers," Han said. "But Rep. Bae did not go down that path, because she didn't want to make people feel uneasy and she didn't want to contaminate politics with conspiracy theories."Source: Yonhap News Agency