Mahigit 6,000 AFP, PNP personnel babantayan ang halalan sa Cordillera

May 12, 2019 Provincial

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Pinaluwas ng Regional Joint Security Control Center noong Lunes ang kabuuang 6,244 police at military personnel sa anim na probinsiya ng Cordillera upang tiyakin ang kapayapaan at kaligtasan sa Mayo 13 mid-term elections.
Ang pangunahing trabaho ay bantayan ang vote counting machines at personnel na magsisilbi sa panahon ng halalan gayundin ang mga botante.
“Be in your best shape in and out because there are threats that could disrupt the flow of elections and violate human rights. Let me emphasize that our main role this election, especially on the voting day is to provide security in the vicinity of the polling precinct where we are assigned,” pahayag ni Police Regional
Office Cordillera (PROCOR) regional director, Brig. Gen. Israel Ephraim Dickson sa sendoff ceremony sa regional police headquarters sa Camp Bado Dangwa.
Pinayuhan ni Dickson ang security personnel na lubusin ang kanilang kakayahan para matiyak ang kaligtasan ng mga botante sa araw ng halalan.
“Once you are in the field, I encourage you to do whatever it takes to protect human rights because this is the very core of maintaining peace and order, ensuring public safety and upholding the rule of law,” ani Dickson.
“When you are in the field, we cannot tell what may happen, we might be in a situation where our lives are at stake that is why be prepared to the probability of bad things happening,” dagdag niya.
Karamihan sa mga miyembro ng security personnel ay nakaranas na ng pagsisilbi sa mga nakaraang halalan subalit sinabi ni Dickson na walang puwang ang pagiging kampante dahil “it is very dangerous to let your guards down”.
Ipinaalala rin ni Col. Henry Doyaoen, commander ng 503rd Infantry Brigade ng Philippine Army ang pangunahing trabaho ng mga tropa.
“We should also check and protect the election paraphernalia, election personnel and the most important is the vote of the people,” aniya.
 
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