The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now 249 barangays which may be thought of as election areas of concern beneath the crimson class for this 12 months’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE).
At a press convention, PNP Deputy Chief for Operations Police Lieutenant General Michael John Dubria famous that the PNP’s listing of election areas of concern is continually altering.
“We have under the red category, for the PNP, we have 249 barangays sa (for) red category. Sa (For) orange category, we have 1,344. And sa (for) yellow category, we have 1,010 barangays,” Dubria stated.
Dubria stated the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has its personal monitoring.
The PNP and AFP will reconcile their data and submit their suggestion to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for approval.
“Jointly, we will be submitting it to the Comelec for the BSKE 2023 and the Comelec chair will be submitting it to the Comelec en banc for final approval,” Dubria stated.
Areas beneath the yellow class have reported suspected election-related incidents within the final two polls however no participation of native terror teams.
Yellow areas might have intense partisan political rivalry and candidates probably using partisan armed teams. These areas might also be beforehand declared beneath the Comelec management.
Orange areas exhibit two or extra elements beneath the yellow class or a critical armed menace posed by native terrorist teams and different menace teams.
The crimson class refers to areas with a number of elements described beneath the yellow class and critical armed threats posed by native terrorist teams.
Violent incidents
Meanwhile, PNP chief Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr. stated they monitored 27 incidents of violence suspected to be associated to the upcoming polls.
Of the 27 incidents, 19 are validated to be unrelated to the elections, whereas solely 4 are validated to be associated to the polls. The remaining 4 incidents are nonetheless present process validation course of.
PNP public info workplace chief Police Colonel Jean Fajardo stated the 4 validated incidents had been reported in Bicol, Calabarzon, and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
These embrace the capturing incidents in Barangay San Jose in Libon, Albay; Barangay Poblacion Zone 10 in Taal, Batangas; and Barangay Bubonga Tawaan in Piagapo, Lanao Del Sur.
The different one was an alarm and scandal incident in Barangay Chinatown in Malabang, Lanao Del Sur.
The BSKE is about to be held on October 30. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
