MANILA, Aug. 27 -- Newly installed acting chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez on Wednesday assured the public that the change in leadership will not cause a crisis within the police organization even as the turnover went smoothly.

Nartatez, in a TV interview, revealed he has yet to talk to former PNP chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III after the change in the force's leadership, but added that he might meet Torre at the Office of the PNP chief at Camp Crame on Wednesday.

"Yung turnover naman ay smooth so wala tayong nakikitang krisis and ngayon ay nagtawagan na yung ating mga commanders at ineensure nila na yung kada opisina nila ay intact and performing their normal duty. So I don't see any crisis in ...