A total of 3, 580 government troops will secure the May
13 elections in the province.
The Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO) held a send-off ceremony at Camp Francis Dagohoy in this city last Friday, March 10.
The security forces are composed of troops from the Philippine Army, Philippine National Police
and the Philippine Coast Guard from
Bohol, Mandaue and Lapulapu City in Cebu.
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| Government troops are all set for the May 13 elections.
Photo by Leo Udtohan |
The ceremonial send-off was attended by ranking officials
from the AFP, PNP, and Comelec.
"We are 100 percent ready," said Provincial
Election Supervisor Eddie Aba after receiving the 3,560 government troops and
resources to secure Bohol for clean and peaceful elections.
Colonel Julius Cesar Gornez, BPPO director, said the
security plans of the police force in the province are all set.
"We should know our job, do our job and do it
right," said Gornez.
Bohol has 898,682 registered voters with a total of 1,065
voting centers, which will all be secured by police personnel on election day
and will also provide a round-the-clock security during the poll process.
A mass was held by Rev. Fr. Lukas Wona, SVD who
blessed the troops and the firearms, equipment, gears, and mobile cars to be
used by the police and military forces for the May 13 elections in Bohol.
The troops also secured the machines (vote counting
machines and voter registration verification machines) at the polling precints
after the final testing and sealing held
on Friday morning.
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