CABANATUAN CITY, January 11, 2013-The
Philippine National Police has ordered all the seven provincial directors in
Central Luzon to make a thorough physical accounting of all prisoners and jail
guards in all jails in the region amid intelligence reports that they have been
used by unscrupulous politicians to sow terror and commit crimes in past
elections.
Chief
Superintendent Edgar Ladao, PNP Regional Office 3 (RPO3) director, in a
memorandum to all provincial police chiefs, directed them to coordinate with
their respective provincial jail wardens to account for the actual number of
prisoners as well as jail guards in their respective jurisdictions.
Citing
intelligence reports, Ladao cited that some prisoners and jail guards were
utilized in past elections as “living-out prisoners” who have been hired to
perpetrate criminal activities such as murder and other crimes.
Ladao
said his directive is a pre-emptive action to prevent such incidents from
occurring in the May elections. The order covers the provinces of Aurora , Bataan , Bulacan,
Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Zambales.
Nueva Ecija is
one of 15 areas tagged as “areas of concern” in the coming polls. It was so
categorized owing to the intense political rivalries involving influential
political clans and previous election-related violence.
This
developed as 12 individuals, led by a barangay chairman and a policeman,
surrendered various firearms to the Cabanatuan
Superintendent
Eli Depra, Cabanatuan police chief, named those who surrendered Mayapyap Sur
barangay chairman Federico Abad, Dalampang barangay secretary Rolando Corpuz,
Alvin Cruz, John Paul Manalac, Edwin Pajarillo, Artemio Almazan, Marianita
Tolentino, Lucito Talens, Vicente Tabat, Florencia Hora, Semion Bernabe and
Police Inspector Ilang de Leon.
The guns consist of shotguns and revolvers of various caliber. (Manny Galvez)
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