MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan, who authored the measure in the Senate, said he would fight the veto of the bill that was intended to bring into law enforcement agencies more competent people—many who are at present being kept out because of rules requiring them to be a certain height. Honasan, a former Army colonel, said it was wrong to peg a person's competence for a job on their height and that he would appeal to colleagues in Congress to overturn the "ill-advised" veto with a two-thirds vote of all the members. He noted that other countries and major United States cities had also seen it fit to remove this height require...
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