The wife of Davao City Police chief Sr. Supt. Vicente Danao
Jr., Susie Danao, filed a complaint for violation of Republic Act (RA)
No. 9262, also known as the Anti-Violence Against Women and Children
Act, against her husband.
Mrs. Danao, an overseas Filipino worker, in a 12-page
complaint-affidavit filed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) on
Wednesday, alleged that she and her children "had been physically and
verbally abused" by her husband in several instances from 2002 up to
2013
Mrs. Danao accused the Davao police chief of "psychological,
economic, and physical abuse," and expressed fears that if she did not
file a case against him, he might continue his abuse and "marital
infidelity" to the detriment of their children.
Last August, a video of the police officer physically and verbally
abusing his wife surfaced. His wife reportedly revealed his abuses in
several police blotters during occasions she sought help.
Mrs. Danao was accompanied by Gabriela Party-List Rep. Luzviminda
Ilagan, who said in a statement that "it is doubly alarming that the
perpetrator is one who is supposedly expected to uphold the law."
"How can he be expected to perform his functions in protecting women
and children from violence when he himself is a perpetrator and insists
on reducing cases of violence as trivial domestic concerns?" Ilagan
said, in a press statement.
The criminal complaint is on top of an administrative complaint
against Sr. Supt. Danao before the Philippine National Police Regional
Internal Affairs Service. Danao was administratively relieved from his
post for a month due to the administrative complaint. He was reinstated
to his post early this month.
