COLONEL Hansel Marantan left his post as the Davao City Police Office to embark on a new and “challenging” assignment, confirming his transfer to the Peace Process and Development Center (PPDC) in Camp Crame.
Marantan, who served as DCPO chief for 11 months, shared details of his next role as he formally concluded his tenure on Monday, June 30, 2025.
It’s true that a new position has been given, and it’s a challenging one, because that is the Peace Process and Development Center (PPDC) in Camp Crame,” he told reporters in an ambush interview.
He added that his new role would involve direct engagement with critical national security concerns. “I will be more involved in the processes. I will be dealing with some of the concerns of the government, like the (Moro extremists) BIFF and Abu Sayyaf.”
“We participate in the process to achieve peace, and it’s a thing that we will do,” Marantan explained.
He noted the extensive scope of the office, describing its limits as “very deep and encompassing.”
When asked why he was assigned to a peace process role, Marantan cited a compelling insight from a superior.
“Maybe you will ask me why I was brought to the peace process; well, it’s a very logical observation,” he recounted, quoting PNP chief Nicolas Torre III: “You go there because not into war, but maybe we must understand more what is peace all about because we have been into war.”
Marantan admitted he is still familiarizing himself with the full extent of the office’s functions.
“I have yet to see the real function of the office, but just yesterday, I read the thread of messages; it is indeed a challenging one. You will process peace, and that’s a hard thing to do,” he said.
He alluded to the paradoxical nature of seeking peace, often through past conflicts.
“As I said in my speech earlier, if sometimes you want to attain peace, we go to battle. But in such a case that we wanted to evade it, it happens, so hopefully that won’t happen,” he said.
Cautious about speaking too soon, Marantan concluded, “Let’s see what we can do. I don’t want to speak too soon, let’s see what we can do.”
