The Philippine National Police (PNP) has contained the usual outbreak of violence in some parts of Mindanao on election day, attributing it to the early security preparations and real time adjustments on the ground. Police Maj. Gen. Valeriano de Leon, director of the PNP's Directorate for Operation
(Photo courtesy of PNP) MANILA-The Philippine National Police (PNP) has successfully contained the usual outbreak of violence in Mindanao during the May 9 elections. PNP directorate for operations, Maj. Gen. Valeriano De Leon, in an interview Wednesday, attributed this to early security preparations and real-time adjustments on the ground. De Leon, concurrent commander of the PNP national and local election task force, said the good working relationship with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should also be credited since the poll body facilitated the movement of police personnel to areas with serious security concerns in Mindanao. "If you would compare the data of this year's elections and that of the past elections, you would notice a significant decrease of (election-related) incidents in Mindanao. It really went down," he said. The PNP has recorded 52 incidents on election day across the country, 21 of them were classified as serious, and almost all happened in Min
The Commission on Elections would likely conduct special elections in a town in Lanao del Sur after voters from 12 of its barangays were not able to cast their votes on election day on Monday. Police Maj. Gen. Valeriano de Leon, director of the PNP Directorate for Operations and concurrent commande
(PNA file photo) MANILA- An official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said poll-related violence in Mindanao is still relatively lower compared to previous elections. In a press conference in Camp Crame, Quezon City, PNP Directorate for Operations Director, Maj. Gen. Valeriano de Leon said 100 percent of the polling precincts in the region have functioned. De Leon said they are validating reports of poll-related violence. "Meron kasi nagrereport, they are blowing (this) out of proportion kaya vina-validate bago namin kino-confirm (There are people reporting about this and they are blowing [this] out of proportion. That is why we are validating this so we can confirm this first hand)," he said. In the same press briefing, PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said no reports of vote stoppage have been received as of 3 p.m. She said the PNP helped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) by escorting its personnel and service providers to transport replacement vote-c