During the midterm elections in 2019, the Commission on Elections declared 946 election hot spots, including the entire Mindanao region. Decrease in cases in 2019The number of election-related violent incidents during the 2019 midterm elections dropped by 55 percent as compared to figures from 2016, according to the PNP. Of the 113 victims of election-related violent incidents in 2019, 23 were killed, down from the 50 reported killed during the 2016 presidential elections. Nonetheless, Eleazar said the PNP is still reviewing and assessing the areas with a history of election-related violence. ADVERTISEMENTHe reiterated his call to all political candidates to discourage their supporters from accompanying them or gathering outside the Comelec offices and other venues to avoid creating superspreader events.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 07, 2021 21:21 UTC