CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -- Following the successful
security operations during the Election 2016, the 6th Infantry Division
organized a thanksgiving celebration led by 6ID Commander Major General Edmundo
R. Pangilinan Friday that commenced with a Eucharistic celebration at around 3
o’clock in the afternoon.
The thanksgiving celebration was an offering for all the
deployed soldiers of 6ID who had been actively involved in the conduct of
Credible, Honest, Orderly, and Peaceful (CHOP) Election period and for keeping
them safe and unharmed in the discharge of their duties.
Major Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th ID chief, said although
there were 15 recorded incidents of election-related violence, the election was
generally peaceful and the number of incidents was lower than the 2010 and 2013
elections with significantly decreased from 38 and 24, respectively.
In the evening, a thanksgiving dinner was held together with
the members of the media all over Central Mindanao
that also played a vital role in the election process, which was significant to
the over-all success of election.
Wearing their summer outfits, the 6ID personnel and the
media enjoyed the night full of entertainment at the newly opened Eco Recreational
Park
Pangilinan expressed his gratitude to everyone, especially
to the troops who served during the election, for their dedication and hard
work that paved way for an orderly election in his area of operation of 6ID.
“It is therefore fitting that we all offer our success to
the Almighty for He gave us good health and strength to be able to serve the
people of Central Mindandanao well,”
Pangilinan said.
This year's election was the most peaceful and orderly in
the last 20 years with the counting and proclamation of winners coming quickly
due to automated elections.
Manual voting and counting were vulnerable to violence as
candidates refused to accept defeat and resort to violence that ranges from
ballot snatching, bombings, ambuscades, rifle grenade attacks and worst murders
and assassination.
The partial and unofficial results posted on mainstream
media also helped contain violence with the losing candidates already known
within the next 24 hours after May 9 national and local elections.
Pangilinan said the peace covenant singing initiated by
local Army battalion and brigade commanders also contributed in the peaceful
and orderly balloting.
"A snappy salute to all women and men of the 6th ID,
those in the front line and all our partners for the successful conduct of
election," Pangilinan said.
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