KUTA SANG-AN – With only nine
days left before the May 13 National and Local Elections. The 1st
Infantry (Tabak) Division starts deploying additional troops in the Province of
Lanao del Sur to strengthen the security control in the area after a simple
send-off briefing at Hqs, 1ID, Labangan, ZDS on the morning of May 4.
The one
Battalion was organized solely for the upcoming election and it was composed of
12 Officers and 364 personnel under the command of Lt Col Cornelio T Arboleda.
Said troops will be augmented to 103rd Brigade based in Marawi City,
Lanao del Sur to help boost the number of government forces who are maintaining
peace and security thereat. The Battalion will render poll duty effective May 4
to May 15 or depending upon the outcome of the election in the said province
that was included in the COMELEC election hot-spot list. .( CPT Jeferson M. Somera (INF) PA, OIC, DPAO).
