00:00The Philippine National Police dispatched 36,000 police
00:05for the one-week filing of Certificates of Candidacy
00:08for those who ran in the 2025 midterm elections.
00:12According to PNP's spokesperson, Col. Jean Pajardo,
00:16checkpoint operations in strategic areas are now in full swing.
00:21The police commanders are now giving permission
00:25to raise their alert levels
00:27to their respective offices if necessary.
00:30The official explained that PNP is not only focused on national elections,
00:35but also on local elections where there is more tension.
00:40Among the focus of PNP Chief General, Romel Francisco Marbil,
00:46are the private armed groups that are likely to cause fear and chaos.
00:53Last week, during the Command Conference,
00:56in fact, that was the order of our Chief PNP,
00:59that this early, our commanders should know
01:02which areas we expect to be hotly contested
01:06when the May 12 election comes.
01:09And not only the candidates we will monitor there,
01:12of course, their relatives, their supporters,
01:16and as we said,
01:19that if it's a local election, it will be hotter than a national election,
01:23that's why we are monitoring there.
01:25Our Chief PNP is asking us to identify the private armed groups that can be used,
01:30that's why we are looking for groups that can be used.
01:34So the order of our Chief PNP is to make sure
01:37that these identified potential private armed groups cannot be used,
01:41especially at this early stage of the filing of the candidacy.
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