CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City -- The conduct of the national and local elections (NLE) 2019 in northern Mindanao and Caraga regions were very peaceful with no election related violent incident recorded during election day.
More than six thousand troops coming from the 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division, Philippine Army successfully secured the voters and the polling centers which resulted in orderly and peaceful NLE in the two regions.
Despite of the 61 identified election areas of concern due to the presence of CPP-NPA terrorist and intense political rivalry, there was no reported election-related violent incident (ERVI) based on the 4ID Election Monitoring Action Center (EMAC).
Meanwhile, 4ID troops, together with the Philippine National Police (PNP), are still on red alert status to maintain peace and order while election paraphernalia are still being retrieved from the polling precincts.
The security forces will also continue to monitor the CPP-NPA Terrorist and other lawless elements in order to thwart any terroristic activities that may hamper the canvasing and the retrieval of election paraphernalia.
Maj Gen Franco Nemesio M Gacal, 4ID commander said, “Today’s national and local elections mark another milestone in our history. Everyone freely fulfilled their right of suffrage that is an utmost expression and display of the country’s democracy. As the NLE 2019 culminates, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the people in Region 10 and Caraga for their support and cooperation.”
He also commended their troops and partner agencies in both regions particularly the PNP, Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Department of Education (DepEd), for their devotion to duty and selfless sacrifices to ensure that there will be a free, honest, peaceful, orderly and credible election.
Gen Gacal added, “We will continue to be on Red Alert to ensure that the election in our area of operation will culminate in a very peaceful manner. We assure the people that we will always do our best to protect the sanctity of the ballot. We guarantee that the Philippine Army in this part of the country will remain fully and faithfully committed to protect democracy by standing to our core purpose: Serving the People, Securing the Land.” (4ID)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1022193
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