Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief
Director General Ricardo Marquez said on Monday there were no reports of
untoward incidents in the Elections Assessment on special elections.
”So far so good. I received the report
that the conduct of special elections where concluded without any untoward
incident,” Marquez said.
The PNP Chief added that it is easier
to deploy forces for a particular area during special elections as compared to
the election day where the police force were thinly dispersed in many areas.
“The BEIs (Board of Election
Inspectors) were there, the COMELEC officers were there and as I have said, the
conduct of special elections was terminated without any further hitches,” he
explained.
The Comelec conducted special polls on
May 14 in 52 clustered precincts which include 17,657 registered voters.
Prior to this, the PNP has already
issued a directive to regional directors of PRO 6,7,8 and the Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to ensure peaceful and fair special elections.
He noted that guns which they
confiscated during the gun ban will be brought to the crime laboratory for
comparative test, ballistic examination to find out if it has been used in past
shooting incidents.
He said that concerned officials were
directed to oversee the case tracking of all those cases and the firearms as a
matter of procedure. (PNA)
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