The PNP had assured to keep the extended voter registration period safe and orderly.
PNP — The Philippine National Police had assured that measures will be put in place in order to keep the extended voter registration period safe and orderly.
Eleazar made his assurance after the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced that it was extending the voters registration period to the end-October after the last day of the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COC) on October 8.
The voter registration period was originally scheduled to end on September 30, 2021.
According to PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, the large number of Filipinos who will be registering to vote in the 2022 national elections had urged the police force to exert more in terms of security preparations for the elections.
Eleazar said that he ordered police commanders to deploy their personnel in order to ensure that health protocols were in place to prevent the transmission of coronavirus disease in the registration sites.
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Meanwhile, Eleazar assured the public that the Philippine National Police was busy cracking down on private armed groups and the collection of loose guns in order to prevent violent incidents related to the national elections.
The PNP chief added that the Philippine National Police was in close coordination with the COMELEC on the matter.
“Our aggressive operations against private armed groups and loose firearms have been intensified in order to deny any individual and group the opportunity to hijack the healthy and clean exercise of our democratic process on the days leading to the May polls and the Election Day. Subalit patuloy na magiging kaagapay ng Comelec ang kapulisan upang matiyak na maayos at ligtas na naisasagawa ang pagpaparehistro ng ating mga kababayan,” Eleazar said.
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