The deployment of units tasked to secure the coming May 9
elections has reached 97.1 percent, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
announced Wednesday.
Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, AFP spokesperson, said
complete deployment will be announced anytime soon.
When asked regarding the exact number of troops and units
involved in securing the coming polls, Padilla stressed the entire
125,000-strong AFP is committed to preserving the peace, transparency, sanctity
of the polls with its Philippine National Police (PNP) counterparts.
He added that bulk of the military units are deployed in
traditional election hot spots which include Maguindanao, Lanao Del Sur, Zamboanga,
Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
Padilla said military units in these provinces are deployed
in checkpoint operations to prevent the proliferation of loose firearms and
movement of private armed groups.
In the same vein, the AFP spokesperson said all unified
command headquarters are given leeway to elevate their alert status if needed.
He also stressed that additional troops can be deployed as
the need arises.
As of this posting, the security situation all over the
country is normal.
Padilla also stressed that the AFP is willing to transport
election paraphernalia to far-flung areas of the country if ordered by the
Commission on Elections.
He said that this was demonstrated by recent Nomad flights
carrying election materiel to the Kalayaan Island Group some two days ago.
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