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Comelec: Barangay polls reset needs Congress nod But incumbent barangay officials push to hold off May 14 elections
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By MARK FRANCISCO and GERRY LEE GORIT
HE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday explained that the commission could postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections for only up to a month. But beyond that, it needs an act by Congress.
Speaking during the public hearing held by the commission regarding the impending postponement of the May 14 elections in Cagayan de Oro City, Commissioner Luie Tito Guia said that they conducted the Mindanao-wide consultation series because the island is in a state of martial law. Comelec Commissioners Al Parreño (left) and Luie Tito Guia (right) confer during the agency's public hearing con- “We are looking on the ducted on Tuesday in Cagayan de Oro City on possible postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan viewpoints of the citizens (SK) elections. photo by gerry lee gorit
on whether we can conduct the elections securely and on whether the results of the elections will be credible,” Guia said. He stressed that the only reason that Comelec would call off the election is when there is imminent and actual violence in the island during the whole duration of the election period starting in April until the proclamation See polls, page 11
Duterte to troops:
‘Destroy the NPA’ By Carolyn O. Arguillas, MindaNews
MAWAB, Compostela Valley--“Destroy the NPA” (New People’s Army), destroy the organization,” President Rodrigo Duterte, commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, ordered his troops here on Monday, as he urged NPA guerrillas to “surrender.” “Just like drugs, dito sa giyerang ito, destroy the NPA. Destroy the organization,” he said at the covered court of Camp General Manuel T. Yan Sr.,here. Duterte was here to launch the “TienDA para sa mga Bayani,” a project of the Department of Ag-
riculture in partnership with the Department of National Defense, a marketing scheme that allows farmers and fisherfolk to sell their products directly to consumers in military camps. He called on the NPA guerrillas to “surrender.” “Mag-surrender na lang kayo, bigyan ko kayo ng trabaho, automatic may pera pa kayo” (Just surrender and I will give you employment and money). He promised to also give them a house, will pay for the weapons they surrender and will reconcile them with their children or families.
“Unsa pa ba’y gusto ninyo? Magpalamok mo diha sa bukid? Kadaghan ninyo naay malaria. Luspad pa kaayo kay sige mo’g kaon og sagbot diha unya alimatok sige pud ngitngit ninyo. ” (What else do you want? Be eaten by mosquitoes in the hinterlands? Most of you have malaria. You are pale because you only eat weeds and leeches will feast on you). Duterte stressed he and the communist guerrillas used to be “good friends” but the latter, he said, have become so arrogant. For the vote The Davao City mayor of 22 years also confessed See destroy, page 11
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte flashes his signature pose with 10th Infantry Division Commander Major General Noel Clement, Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette RomuloPuyat, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Rey Guerrero, Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) Commander Lieutenant Benjamin Madrigal Jr. and other EastMinCom personnel during the establishment of the TienDA Para sa mga Bayani at Camp General Manuel Yan Sr. in Mawab, Compostela Valley Province on January 22, 2018. richard madelo/presidential photo
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