The Philippine National Police (PNP) is in the thick of security planning for Negros Oriental’s third district special election on Dec. 9. The district is under Commission on Elections (Comelec) control until the end of the election period for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Nov. 29. Comelec Chair George Garcia earlier mulled putting the third congressional district under their control even after Nov. 29 and until the special poll to fill the seat vacated by expelled representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. The Comelec will decide on the matter next week. ‘The public can be assured of a safe and secured special election since we already have a security template based on what transpired in BSKE 2023 in Negros,’ Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office-7, said in an interview on Sunday. He said Negros Oriental did not record a single election-related incident during the BSKE. ‘We are just going to adopt the security coverage/plan we have implemented with little modifications,’ he said.
Source: Philippines News Agency
