ELEVEN barangays in the city’s third district are placed under category two of the final election watchlist.
The areas are Mapula, Lumiad, Panalum, Malabog, Paradise Embac and Pandaitan of Paquibato District; barangays Malamba and Tamaugan of Marilog; and barangays Carmen, Tambobong and Tawan-tawan in Baguio district.
“These are the areas where there is serious threat from armed groups, specifically the New People’s Army,” Chief Insp. Milgrace C. Driz, spokesperson of Davao City Police Office, said in an interview yesterday.
Driz said they will provide additional augmentation coming from the City Public Safety Company, in coordination with the military, to secure the area.
Category one in the election watchlist refers to the area where there’s a high probability of occurrence of politically motivated violent incident, and when the political rivalry is intense.
Category three refers to the the presence of intense political rivalry along with the presenc of armed groups.
The police and military already tightened their security measures as election campaign period started.
Driz said they are already on full alert status since the start of the election period.
“The personnel should always be ready in their areas especially if there are visiting national candidates,” she said.
In a separate interview, Lt. Gen. Eduardo M. Ano, commanding general of the Philippines Army, said he already ordered all field commanders to be on guard against threats that may arise during the campaign period.
“We will prioritize to those units who are directly engaged in operations,”Ano said.
For the May 9, 2016 elections, the campaign period for president, vice president, senators and party-list groups runs from Feb. 9 to May 7, while for local positions it will be from March 5 to May 7.
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