The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has placed Kalinga province under its control after concerned election, police and military officials reached a consensus due to several threats to the province's peace and order situation especially in the forthcoming May 14, 2007 mid-term elections.
Lawyer Armando Velasco, regional director of the Comelec in the Cordillera, said that the decision to place Kalinga under Comelec control was reached primarily as a preemptive move to control peace and order in the whole province as the authorities reportedly foresee serious problems due to insurgency, etc., in the next few weeks.
In the past elections, there were cases of ballot snatching and reports of threats to the board of election inspectors in the various parts of Kalinga.
Subsequent with the placing of Kalinga under Comelec control, a task forece composed mainly of Comelec assistant regional director Julius Torres, Senior Superintendent Ceferino Cruz, director of the Kalinga provincial police office, and Lt., Col. Francis Lardizabal, commanding officer of the Philippine Army's 21st Infantry Battalion will be deployed to Kalinga as soon as possible.**ZigZag Weekly, May 6, 2007
Lawyer Armando Velasco, regional director of the Comelec in the Cordillera, said that the decision to place Kalinga under Comelec control was reached primarily as a preemptive move to control peace and order in the whole province as the authorities reportedly foresee serious problems due to insurgency, etc., in the next few weeks.
In the past elections, there were cases of ballot snatching and reports of threats to the board of election inspectors in the various parts of Kalinga.
Subsequent with the placing of Kalinga under Comelec control, a task forece composed mainly of Comelec assistant regional director Julius Torres, Senior Superintendent Ceferino Cruz, director of the Kalinga provincial police office, and Lt., Col. Francis Lardizabal, commanding officer of the Philippine Army's 21st Infantry Battalion will be deployed to Kalinga as soon as possible.**ZigZag Weekly, May 6, 2007
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