MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, May 12(PIA) --- The Philippine National Police has deployed one complementary provisional female company in the province to assist in ensuring the safe and fair conduct of elections tomorrow, May 13.
PCSupt. Noel Delos Reyes, PNP Regional Director for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) said 110 trained policewomen coming from Parang, Maguindanao will arrived here this afternoon to augment the existing police force in the province.
According to him, the move was based on past experiences where some of the disturbances in the previous elections were initiated by female voters.
He said the PNP is deploying policewomen because they are anticipating election irregularities that will be committed by women.
Considering the culture of the Maranaos, he said it would be difficult for policemen to respond to such irregularities.
Delos Reyes meanwhile said PNP is all set for the elections.
All the security preparations are already finalized in time for the elections tomorrow, he said
However, he said they cannot guarantee that no election-related violence will occur due to changing situations.
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