Political tensions are never justification for the use of force or arms. More condemnable, are the unscrupulous persons who are taking advantage of the current election climate. They are the scourges of a democratic society.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, treating the escalating violence as a real cause of concern, has ordered the Philippine National Police to keep a tight watch on potential trouble spots.
The government is closely taking note of the reported potential trouble spots which are recommended under election control even as it directed the Philippine National Police to cool down any brewing election violence in the areas of concern.
Although, the Philippine National Police has already noted a down-trend in election related violence in the country, it does not waver a bit in its vigilance and intensive campaign against private armed groups which have been reduced to 38 from the 90 groups recorded in 2001.
The government is determined to have a peaceful and orderly May elections. This resolve is shown by the fielding of 89,000 police personnel to secure polling places, the assigning of two cops per voting center, the deployment of the elite Special Action Force in critical areas, and the deployment of soldiers in areas with serious armed threats.
The forthcoming May election is an indication that democracy is alive in the country. It is an occasion when the Filipino people are able to exercise their sacred right of suffrage and so the government must really see to it that they are able to fulfill this right without threat and fear.
The electoral process will be a show window that will tell the world that democracy continues to reign, to mature in the Philippines and that the Filipino people can be trusted to make the right choices at the polls.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, treating the escalating violence as a real cause of concern, has ordered the Philippine National Police to keep a tight watch on potential trouble spots.
The government is closely taking note of the reported potential trouble spots which are recommended under election control even as it directed the Philippine National Police to cool down any brewing election violence in the areas of concern.
Although, the Philippine National Police has already noted a down-trend in election related violence in the country, it does not waver a bit in its vigilance and intensive campaign against private armed groups which have been reduced to 38 from the 90 groups recorded in 2001.
The government is determined to have a peaceful and orderly May elections. This resolve is shown by the fielding of 89,000 police personnel to secure polling places, the assigning of two cops per voting center, the deployment of the elite Special Action Force in critical areas, and the deployment of soldiers in areas with serious armed threats.
The forthcoming May election is an indication that democracy is alive in the country. It is an occasion when the Filipino people are able to exercise their sacred right of suffrage and so the government must really see to it that they are able to fulfill this right without threat and fear.
The electoral process will be a show window that will tell the world that democracy continues to reign, to mature in the Philippines and that the Filipino people can be trusted to make the right choices at the polls.
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