Comelec declares entire Mindanao an election hotpsot
Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:14:15 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) declared on Tuesday the whole region of Mindanao as an election hotspot.
Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez made this announcement following “serious armed threats” made by members of the New People’s Army, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, the Abu Sayyaf Group, and some rogue elements of the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and other similar groups.
Besides Mindanao, other areas declared as hotspots are the towns of Jones in Isabela and Lope de Vega in Northern Samar and the entire province of Abra. /atm
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