By: Becky D. de Asis
Jolo, Sulu – Police Superintendent Roel Lamiing of Sulu Provincial Deputy officer identified the Four (4) towns under Intense Political Rivalry (IPR) or hotspot due to massive encounter between the armed groups and politicians.
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| P/Superintendent Roel Lamiing |
Lamiing
identified the municipalities of Omar, Pangutaran, Tongkil and Estino while the other municipalities are
under observation, said police. “Our policemen are ready to respond anytime
when the police is needed and we have also a Quick Action Force (QRF) composed
of 100-men in uniform for our immediate respond team on whatever atrocities happened
especially election related”, said Lamiing.
Meanwhile, the Commission on Elections
(Comelec) is aiming for ‘zero’ failure of elections in the entire Autonomous
Region, this coming May.
Lawyer
Ray Sumalipao, regional election director in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) emphasized this during the recently concluded Lanao del Sur
Stakeholders Conference for Peaceful, Free and Fair 2013 Elections saying that
the main enemy in the province during elections is the failure of
elections.
To
make elections work, he said two task forces will be created to roam around the
province and monitor the electoral process. He said these task forces will
be composed of personnel from the Comelec, Philippine National Police (PNP) and
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
