CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - Police Senior Superintendent Oscar Albayalde yesterday stated that
the province of Pampanga is still in the election watch list in relation to the
upcoming Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay elections.
He made this statement during the command
conference attended by the provincial and municipal executives together with
the respective chiefs of police.
He said he would also consider
the inclusion of the town of Bacolor in the list of the immediate concern following
the shooting incident involving Mesalipit Barangay Captain Rodrigo
L. Tongol and former councilmen Pedro S. Canlas and Merlito N. Pineda.
Agbayalde said that status of the
province during the previous elections is still in effect and that the province
would receive the same treatment from the law enforcement authorities in so far as the next Sangguniang Kabataang
and Barangay elections are concerned.
As this developed, the top cop
declared that together with Governor Lilia Pineda – they would talk to some 5000
barangay officials to encourage them to push for a peaceful conducted of
elections.
He also reminded those present
during the conference that gun ban will be strictly implementated thirty days
before and after elections.
It can be recalled that
Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas tagged Pampanga
along with Abra, Pangasinan, Ilocos Sur, La Union,
Cagayan, Nueva Ecija, Batangas, Cavite, Masbate, Samar,
Misamis Occidental, Maguindanao, Lanao Del Sur and Basilan as among the
provinces in the country considered as “high risks”.
In Pampanga alone, eight towns
and one city were previously identified by the police as election hot spots or
high risks areas.
These include Candaba, San Simon,
Mexico, Arayat, Sasmuan, Guagua, Magalang, Lubao and Mabalacat City.
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