Manila Bulletin
PNP ready for any security threat under Danao's leadership -- Año
Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao's first directive as the new Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge (OIC) is to ensure all security preparations are complete for peaceful, orderly, and honest elections.
Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año expressed confidence that Danao's leadership will maintain the PNP's peacekeeping role during this critical period.
Año also urged Danao to sustain and enhance the PNP's ongoing campaign against criminality.
Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana affirmed that the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have coordinated their security preparations for the elections.
Approximately 40,000 AFP personnel are mobilized to guarantee an orderly and peaceful election process on May 9.
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