ARMM receives 11 police cars

07 January 2010


Eleven (11) police cars were turned over Tuesday by the national office of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to its regional counterpart in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in support to the peace and order campaign of the newly installed administration of acting ARMM Governor Ansaruddin Adiong.

The police cars are to be distributed to pre-identified police stations across the region.

According to DILG-ARMM Sec. Haroun Al-Rashid Lucman, ARMM is set to receive more vehicles for its police force and fire department. He said they are awaiting the arrival of luxury police cars to provide V.I.P. services and a number of firetrucks.
ARMM Executive Sec. Naguib Sinarimbo said the donation complements the security preparation of the regional police force this election period and an added help to the overall maintenance of peace and order in the region.

Sinarimbo said the DILG central office is also sending in few weeks time another fleet of police cars (Toyota Innova) and fire trucks for distribution to the five provinces of the ARMM.

Several areas in the ARMM have been consistently identified by the Commission on Election (Comelec) as election hotspots. The region is infamous for election-related violence and for allegedly being the country’s cheating capital during elections. The massacre in Maguindanao, which left at least 57 people dead including more than 30 mediamen, is said to be the worst election-related violence in the country.

This has prompted the Comelec and other political figures to push for the early conduct of voting in the ARMM, ahead of the scheduled May 2010 polls, to avoid further violence and ensure a clean election.

The five provincial governors of the ARMM had earlier aired their support to the proposed early polls. (bpi-armm)