BALANGA CITY — The Bataan Police Provincial Office on Thursday, Sept. 21, presented 404 assorted firearms, mostly deposited for safe-keeping, for peaceful barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections on Oct. 30.
Col. Palmer Tria, Bataan police director, said 323 small and 81 long firearms mostly came from local politicians who preferred to deposit the guns while the election period is going on.
Of the total 404 firearms from 11 towns and one city, one was abandoned, 11 surrendered and 392 deposited.
“Mga deposited na baril, naka-safe keep. Ang iba dito sa mga pulitiko bilang pagpapakita ng kanilang sinseridad na maidaos ang eleksyon nang tahimik, mapayapa para ang mga tao ay malayang makaboto,” Tria said.
“So far kung titingnan natin yung overall na peace and order, wala tayong nakikitang kaguluhan dahil sa mga barangay natin ay patuloy na may ugnayan ang ating mga kapulisan. Kami ay may interactive na ugnayan sa ating mga barangay kaya ang mga detalye, problema long before election period ay natalakay na,” he added.
The police director assured that the election in Bataan will be clean and orderly and the electorate will be free to choose their candidates.
The firearms were presented during the peace covenant attended by thousands of candidates.
