Dumanjug eyed as election hotspot

By: Apple Ta-as, Victor Anthony V. Silva February 04,2016 - 01:04 AM

PROVINCIAL Board members representing Cebu’s 2nd district are in favor of asking the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to declare Dumanjug town as an election hotspot.

PB Member Peter John Calderon said if naming the town as an election hotspot will ensure that the elections in Dumanjug will be free, peaceful, orderly, then he is “all for it.”

PB Member Christopher Baricuatro said he supports the declaration because it will deter further violence.

Baricuatro and Calderon are both allied with the Liberal Party (LP).

Last December, three men were arrested for allegedly strafing the vehicle of a vice-mayoral candidate under the LP Cebu chapter in Dumanjug town.

A follow-up operation that same month resulted in the deaths of Marciano Tiwan and barangay councilman Wilfredo Abios, two other suspects in the strafing incident.

Dumanjug town is one of four areas recommended for inclusion in the election watchlist by the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CCPO), said Senior Supt. Clifford Gairanod, Cebu provincial police chief, during yesterday’s press briefing.

Other areas include Bogo City and the towns of Tuburan and San Fernando. Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia said they expected the declaration to come from the LP since it aims to control the town.

Bogo City is also one of the towns the provincial police decided to declare as a hotspot during election. However, Mayor Celestino “Junie” Martinez, Jr. doesn’t agree with the recommendation.

Martinez urged the police to instead look at Medellin, Tabogon and Tabuelan towns.

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