By Gina
Dizon
BONTOC, Mountain Province -- The eastern
towns of Barlig, Natonin and Paracelis of this province were identified
by the Commission on Elections as “hot spots” as polls are drawing near.
Comelec provincial
supervisor Nicasio Jacob alerted members of the Philippine
National Police and the Philippine Army in a press conference here
saying that town here have a history of violence the past elections.
During the May 2010
elections, a PICOS machine was burned at sitio Apalis, Paracelis.
Seven men were
arrested with six guns and live rounds of ammo loaded in three vehicles with
one of the captured guns registered to Maximo Dalog.
Paracelis also carries
a history of ballot snatching through the years and delayed release of election
results.
Barlig has no
electronic signal in some parts of the town posing problems in electronic
transmission of election results.
Jacob advised
political party watchers, media, police and the military
force to accompany members of the Board of Election
Inspectors in transport of election results from
polling centers to municipal canvassing places to ensure safe
transport of printed results and PICOS machines’ memory cards
.
This, apart from
electronic transmission of results to ensure immediate transmission of election
results to national and municipal canvassing centers.
In said press
conference hosted by the Montanosa Press Club, Jacob reminded candidates to
remove oversized posters, and posters in prohibited areas, further reminding
the PNP to arrest and charge violators based on Comelec guidelines.
Comelec guidelines
provide for 2 x 3 ft size of posters and 3 x 8 ft streamers in headquarters and
during rallies.
Jacob noted illegal
posters in prohibited areas even as these were being removed by Comelec
personnel.
He appealed to
candidates to remove oversized posters, taking note of the limited number of
Comelec personnel with only four in the provincial office and two per
municipality.
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