DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – The newly created Special Task Force Negros Oriental passed a resolution on Wednesday, October 25, imposing a province-wide curfew two days before the October 30 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to avert violence and prevent vote-buying.
Lionel Marco Castillano, Commission on Elections -Central Visayas chief, said the curfew would take effect from 10 p.m. on Saturday to 4 a.m. on Sunday, and again from 10 p.m. on Sunday to 4 a.m. on Monday, Election Day.
“The curfew is to prevent vote-buying, threat, and intimidation of force against votes and candidates, but we are not imposing it earlier as we do not want to impede the candidates’ rights to campaign,” he said.Exempted from the curfew are those who work at call centers, law enforcers, and other authorities and individuals whose services are required at any given time, he said.
The RJSCC converted itself into the Special Task Force Negros Oriental and placed its provincial counterpart, headed by lawyer Eliseo Labaria, the acting provincial election officer, in charge of operations.
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