TACLOBAN CITY – A total of 277 police personnel from the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) cast their votes during the local absentee voting (LAV) held on April 29 at Matapat Hall at the regional headquarters in Palo, Leyte.
Participants came from various units including Ormoc City Police Office (67), Samar PPO (51), Regional Support Unit (47), Mobile Force Battalion (35), PRO-8 headquarters (26), Southern Leyte PPO (14), Tacloban City Police Office (13), Leyte PPO (11), Eastern Samar PPO (8), Biliran PPO (4), and Northern Samar PPO (1), according to PMaj Analiza Armeza, PRO-8 public information chief.
While over 300 personnel applied, only 277 were approved to vote due to deactivated voter records; of these, 245 were able to cast their votes.
PBGen Jay Cumigad, police regional director, said the LAV ensures police officers can fulfill both their electoral duty and maintain peace and order during the May 12 elections.
Comelec personnel from Palo supervised the voting process, assisted by trained police acting as board of election inspectors.
Accomplished ballots will be forwarded to Comelec’s central office for counting on Election Day.
(ROEL T. AMAZONA)
