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Updated:2024-10-28 04:07    Views:115

MANILA, Philippines — Newly installed Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla wants “zero casualties” for the  midterm elections in 2025.

Remulla said they have identified some election hotspots and will continue to assess the situation in the coming weeks.

“We will enlist the help of all agencies in government to make it as peaceful as possible. Aim, zero casualties for 2025,” he told reporters yesterday.

The new Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary said they are set to issue a list of election hotspots alongside the Philippine National Police.

“BARMM is one of them. Cagayan, maybe Nueva Ecija, Palawan, but those are premature, just off-the-cuff assessments,” he said. “We will get into a definite list by the next few weeks because the filing ended just yesterday. So we will know more and give a definite list afterwards.”

The former Cavite governor said that during his term in local government, they mobilized a patrol vehicle for every mayoral candidate to keep them safe.

Remulla said President Marcos issued him three marching orders as DILG chief.

The first is to institute structural reforms within the various bureaus and agencies under the department. The second is to digitize local government, and the third is to ensure a safe 2025 election.

Remulla said the DILG would prioritize a nationwide unified 911 response system in the country.

The former governor said that he would also personally lock down Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) in the country, including one in the Island Cove property formerly owned by his family, which he said “will close down on Dec. 15 for good.”

PNP reforms

Remulla is aiming for structural reforms and removal of politics in the promotion of officers within the PNP.

“There are a lot of things and I want to remove politics from the PNP. I want to make it merit based system on who gets promoted and who doesn’t,” Remulla said.

“It’s a top-heavy organization. I think we have to flatten it a little bit. It’s heavy up top, so many generals, so many layers. I think we need to do with less,” Remulla stated, adding that the 28-year-old law on the PNP could be outdated as it was made before the digital age.

For its part, the PNP said it is ready to discuss the structural reforms that Remulla is planning to institute within the police force.

Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, PNP public information officer, said yesterday they will sit down with Remulla and discuss the reforms meant to improve their organization.

Fajardo said they were told by PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil of a command conference with Remulla set for next week.

Fajardo added that the PNP has a Senior Officers Placement and Promotion Board that studies the application for promotions to ensure that only competent and qualified officers are rewarded.

Non-partisan AFP

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) gave assurance yesterday that the military will remain non-partisan and professional in performing tasks related to the upcoming 2025 national and local elections.

With the filing of certificates of candidacy now concluded, Philippine Army spokesman Col. Louie Dema-ala said the Philippine Army commits to protect the sanctity of the electoral process.

“We also remind all our personnel to remain non-partisan in strict adherence to our constitutional mandate,” he said. “The Philippine Army will maintain the highest standards of professionalism, discipline and integrity as it looks forward to safe, orderly, and peaceful elections in 2025.”

AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla earlier said the AFP’s preparations for the 2025 midterm elections are “in full swing in terms of our commitment to augment security preparations by the law enforcement agencies.”– Emmanuel Tupastrickz online casino, Michael Punongbayan

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