Due to intense political rivalry, cops to serve as poll officers in Cotabato City

COTABATO CITY -- Police personnel will serve as Electoral Board (EB) members here for Monday's balloting amid intense political rivalry, a police official said. Brig. Gen. Pablo Labra II, deputy regional director for administration of the police in the Bngsamoro region, said that some 500 police personnel who were trained for the job will serve as election officials on Monday. The police personnel will mainly serve as chairman of every EB, overseeing the operation of vote-counting machines (VCMS) in the city's more than 100 clustered precincts. Labra, who is also head of the Regional Special Operation Task Group Cotabato City and Maguindanao, told reporters that the decision...

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