GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines — The police have started monitoring southern towns where big clans will be competing for leadership in the village polls. Gonzalez said their regional director, Chief Superintendent Marcelo Morales, will personally oversee the enforcement of the election gun ban, which began Saturday. “Our municipal and provincial police commands shall exhaust all means of ensuring clean and peaceful elections in the autonomous region. Mijares said their security efforts are supported by the inter-agency ARMM peace and order council, chaired by the region’s chief executive, Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman. That gives us more muscles to flex to ensure there will be peaceful and clean elections on May 14,” Galvez said.

Source: Philippine Star April 15, 2018 02:03 UTC