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CAMP SANG-AN, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur - The Joint Task Force
ZAMPELAN
(Zamboanga Peninsula and Lanao Provinces) is all set for the
upcoming
Midterm National and Local Elections 2019 in its area of
responsibility.
A
send-off ceremony to its troops composed of one (1) Provisional
Battalion
was conducted on Monday, May 6, 2019 led by the JTF ZAMPELAN
commander,
Brigadier General Roberto Ancan.
In his
message, BGen Ancan emphasized that the JTF ZAMPELAN is
committed
in its mandate to support the police and the COMELEC in the
implementation
of election laws. He further reiterated his
instructions
to the troops to remain apolitical and non-partisan at
all
times.
A week
ago, BGen Ancan has been visiting the line units under the JTF
ZAMPELAN
to ensure that the security preparations for the National and
Local
Elections 2019 are emplaced, and to make ready all available
military
assets to include the personnel for deployment during
elections.
Ancan
stressed that despite the deployment of troops for election
duties,
the operations against communist terrorist group and other
threat
groups in the JTF ZAMPELAN area of responsibility will
continue.
“We will not put our guards down, yet, we will intensify our
efforts
to prevent armed threats and lawless elements from conducting
atrocities
in order to ensure the safety and security of the voters
and for
them to freely exercise their right to suffrage and to protect
the
sanctity of their votes and the integrity of the elections,” added
Ancan.
Among the attendees of the ceremony were Atty. Geraldine Samsom,
Commission
on Elections (COMELEC) Assistant Regional Director of the
Bangsamoro
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Atty. Jossi
Macute,
the Provincial Election Officer of Zamboanga del Sur,
personnel
from the PNP, the media and officers, enlisted personnel and
civilian
employees of the JTF ZAMPELAN. (By JONG CADION with press release and
photos from DPAO)
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