The Philippine Army (PA)here is intensifying their presence in the barangays so that the New People's Army (NPA) could not influence the result of the upcoming elections.
Colonel Rafael C. Valencia, brigade commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade of the 8 Infantry Division (8ID), said they engage the people in the community and encourage them to freely vote for their rightful leaders and not "through force and intimidation."
Meantime, he added that they are not seeing any possible violence that may erupt within his area of jurisdiction because the Oct. 28 elections is supposed to be non-partisan.
"We just hope the politicians will not dip their fingers into the elections. But we are ready," he said.
He said that the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have been discussing issues relative to the upcoming elections.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=568523
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