MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 2 (PIA) -- Checkpoints will be established in strategic places in order to discourage "flying registrants" during the general registration of voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on July 9-18.
These checkpoints will be manned by the Special Action Forces (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
According to ARMM officer-in-charge Governor Mujiv Hataman, the SAF will be the one to conduct checkpoints to check if passengers entering the province are indeed residents of the area or part of the "flying registrants" paid by politicians.
He warned potential flying registrants and politicians that cases would be filed against them should they be proven cheating in the general voters’ registration.
This warning was sounded by Hataman during the Forum on Partnership Building for Lanao del Sur Electoral Reform Initiatives last June 29, an undertaking initiated by the 103rd Infantry Brigade in partnership with the provincial office of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), ARMM regional government, and the Lanao del Sur Peoples’ Council.
The PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) based in the province have expressed their commitment to protect the conduct of credible and honest registration.
Both the PNP and the AFP was deputized by the COMELEC to assist the poll body in the implementation of registration laws and in ensuring the orderly and peaceful conduct of the registration of voters in Muslim Mindanao.
Col. Daniel Lucero, commanding officer of the 103rd Infantry Brigade and Task Force Makalintad, said he will import troops from Lanao del Norte or request for additional troops if required just to secure the 10-day voters’ registration.
Provincial Police Director PSSupt. Romeo Magsalos said he will deploy police troops in the various registration centers, with more troops to be allocated in hot spots, while stand-by forces will remain in the various police stations in the province.
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