DAVAO DEL NORTE, Oct. 29 (PIA)--- The conduct Barangay elections in the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley yielded peaceful results with common observation among authorities saying no significant election-related incidents had happened in their respective areas of concern (AOR).
In an interview this morning, Police Senior Supt. Samuel B. Gadingan, police director of Davao del Norte Police Provincial Office (DNPPO) said only one (Visayan Village, Tagum City) of the 223 barangays in the province had yet to proclaim the winners.
Until this morning, he had yet to receive report of significant election-related incident except for 20 cases of liquor ban violations monitored since Sunday evening until Monday evening.
Twenty six barangays in the towns of New Corella, Asuncion, Kapalong and Talaingod and in the city of Panabo were identified as election watch-list areas (EWAs) having been noted as under a certain degree of New People’s Army (NPA) influence.
In an interview Monday, Gadingan noted barangays Mankilam and Magugpo East of Tagum City to have intense political rivalry among candidates.
But elections in areas of concerns turn out peaceful, he noted.
PS Supt. Camilo Pancratius Cascolan in a text update this morning said the situation stayed normal and that police elements under his command were deployed to secure the turn-over of election returns to the Municipal Treasurer’s Office.
As of 10:00 p.m. of Oct. 28, Cascolan reported that the election situation stayed normal with no election-related incident and that the consolidation of election returns as well as the counting of votes continued despite the rains in some areas of Compostela Valley Province.
The Compostela Valley Police Provincial Office coordinated with the 1001st Philippine Army as well as strengthened its ties with the municipal police stations to closely monitor and ensure orderly and peaceful barangay elections .
It had sought the assistance of the military in securing 101 barangays under EWAs but Cascolan said normal situation prevailed in the province during the whole-day conduct of the Barangay Election.
However, authorities in both provinces monitored incidents not related to the holding of elections.
In Davao del Norte, PS Supt. Gadingan revealed that police authorities confiscated a .45 caliber pistol when they served a warrant of arrest, Sunday morning, to a certain Walter Patalino in Brgy San Jose, New Corella for allegedly violating Republic Act 9262 or the Violence against Women and Children (VAWC) Law.
But in the course of serving the warrant of arrest, police authorities found out that the accused possessed firearm, Gadingan explained.
CVPPO also received shooting incident report in Barangay Camanlangan, New Bataan. A copy of the incident report identified the victim as Dike Espinosa, a miner on bail for crime of attempted homicide. He was shot by two-motor riding gunmen.
CVPPO said the incident had nothing to do with the barangay election but it happened due to personal grudges. (PIA 11/ Jeanevive Duron-Abangan)
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