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As provincial top cop says elections is generally peaceful Gov lauds effectiveness of police, bantay bayan

LUBAO - Governor Lilia Nanay G. Pineda lauded the local police officers and the 10,000 members of the Bantay Bayan in the 504 barangays of the province for adhering to her call for the conduct of peaceful May 13 midterm elections.

“The partnership of the bantay-bayan, the so-called force multipliers and the members of the local police was effective and it made sense especially during the local elections,” Pineda said.

The commendation was made yesterday during the provincial command conference headed by Police Senior Superintendent Oscar Alabayalde, officer –in-charge of the Police Provincial Office (PPO).

The governors underscored the role of the full trained bantay-bayan in assisting the police authorities in the maintenance of peace and order especially during the elections.

However, Pineda urged the bantay- bayan to continue helping and working the local police not only during the elections  but all throughout the years for the full enforcement of peace and order in the entire province.

She vowed to strengthen more the capabilities of the bantay-bayan and equip them with gears and other paraphernalia to make them more effective and efficient.

During the conference, the chiefs of police had assessed the midterm elections as generally peaceful.

With this, the local police officers said they are bent to recommend the province of Pampanga to remove from the top 15 provinces under the watch list order of the Commission on Election (Comelec) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

Albayalde indicated that there were reported one vote buying and nine violations of liquor ban but he stressed that there were no casualties reported during the elections.

The provincial top cop said in response to the call of the governor for the continuity of the partnership of the local police and the bantay-bayan, he vowed to strengthen the “Barangay Intelligence Networks or BINs” to effectively implement the apprehension of the unscrupulous and suspicious looking individuals and illegal activities in each and every locality.

He said the police will train at least five bantay bayan in every barangay to be part of the BINs so they could help in curbing the criminality particularly drug related cases and other heinous crimes.

The governor said she will give full support to the undertaking of the local police in maintaining peace and order.

“Ing kaayusan ampo ing kapayapan ing susi ning mumunlad a probinsiya kaya kailangan keni tamu magfocus, (Peace and order is the key to a progressive province, so we need to focus on this)” Pineda pointed out.

Based on the report of the PPO, the province has recorded low crime rate compared to previous years of the same period.(JPM)


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