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Comelec: Campaign period for Eleksyon 2025 'generally peaceful'
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) states that the campaign period for Eleksyon 2025 has been "generally peaceful" despite some incidents of violence.
Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia mentioned that candidates are maintaining respect and avoiding physical altercations, opting for verbal disagreements instead.
However, the Philippine National Police (PNP) recently reported an increase in validated election-related incidents (ERIs) to 30.
Of these, 22 ERIs were classified as "violent" and eight as "non-violent."
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao reported the highest number of violent ERIs with eight, followed by the Cordillera Administrative Region with six, and Zamboanga Peninsula with three.
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