Residents in southern towns, embroiled in fierce competition among candidates for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan positions, welcomed the arrival of soldiers from Luzon and Visayas on Friday to help ensure election security.
The 500 soldiers from different Army divisions in Luzon and Visayas were flown to the Cotabato City Airport in nearby Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte by an Air Force plane from the Villamor Air Base near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila.
A Moro candidate for barangay chairman in an area under the Bangsamoro region but is in Midsayap, which us under Administrative Region 12, was killed last September in a gun attack just few meters away from the municipal office of the Commission on Elections near the local government center building where Sacdalan report for work during weekdays.
Army Major Gen. Alex Rillera, commander of 6th ID, and Bangsamoro regional police director Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza separately told reporters via Viber Saturday that they are together complementing the election security thrusts of Comelec in known election hotspots. “That is good for the security efforts of local government units in the Bangsamoro region and the Comelec,” Ansao said in Filipino, in an Iranun accent.
Candidates for barangay and SK positions in different Bangsamoro provinces signed this week peace covenants together brokered by the police, various military units and provincial officials of MILG-BARMM, according to Nobleza.vivo school tour updates: V29 5G takes center stage at Jose Rizal University
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