Over 17,000 soldiers to be deployed in Visayas region for BSKE

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MORE than 17,000 personnel of the Visayas Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines will be deployed throughout the Visayas region to ensure safe, peaceful and orderly Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan Elections on Monday, October 30, 2023.Lieutenant General Benedict Arevalo, the Viscom Commander, said that the deployment of soldiers is meant to thwart anyone from interfering with the electoral process.

'Likewise, it aims to boost the confidence of our people to come out and cast their votes out of their own free will and not because they are intimidated or threatened by the CPP-NPA or any threat groups,” Arevalo said during the 3rd Quarter Meeting of the Visayas Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center last Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at the office of the Philippine Coast Guard District-Central Visayas.

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