Friday, May 10, 2013

Military raises red alert for midterm elections

By Frances Mangosing
INQUIRER.net

AFP file photo

MANILA, Philippines ? The Armed Forces of the Philippines raised the red alert on Friday as part of security preparations for the upcoming midterm elections on Monday.

Brigadier General Domingo Tutaan, AFP spokesman, told INQUIRER.net that government troops would have to be at their posts and vacations were canceled.

The AFP, as deputized by the Commission on Elections, will ?secure the political process.?

The military went on its highest alert nationwide Friday morning and would stay until May 15, or ??depending on the prevailing security situation,? Tutaan said.


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