Gen napenas biography

Getulio Napeñas

United Nationalist Alliance

Born: July 18, 1959

More than a year ago, his name was often mentioned in news articles, news reports, and interviews. He is frequently associated with the SAF 44 or the Mamasapano tragedy January 25 last year.

He was invited in senate inquiries, phone and sit-down interviews.

Getulio Napeñas was the former Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) director and one of those blamed for the death of at least 68 people during the Mamasapano encounter in Maguindanao.

“It was a command decision and we had been working on it for a long time and as a commander, I decided that it was best not to inform other units in the police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines about the plan of initiating the actual assault.

It was a judgment call and I take full responsibility,” Napeñas said in an interview with Inquirer.net.

But he questioned why he was the only one being dragged in the issue and not a