The request comes as the police in the Muslim-majority region identified nearly a thousand villages in the BARMM as election areas of concern
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – The police regional office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has asked Camp Crame to send it reinforcement ahead of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October.
Brigadier General Allan Nobleza, the police director in BARMM, told local broadcaster DXMS Radyo Bida on Thursday, September 21, that they have formally requested for an additional 768 police officers to reinforce the existing police personnel in the region.He said they plan to deploy them to the provinces of Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur, and BARMM’s Special Geographic Areas in Cotabato province.
BARMM comprises 2,532 barangays spread across the provinces of Tawi-tawi, Sulu, Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, and Maguindanao del Sur, as well as the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan, and Isabela.have been reported, particularly in Lanao del Sur and the Maguindanao provinces, since the start of the 90-day election period.
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