(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