Soldiers, cops get lectures on election laws

By 19th Infantry Battalion, 8ID PA
January 15, 2013

ORMOC CITY  –  A total of 32 key personnel from the 19th Infantry Battalion and nearly 60 policemen in Ormoc get free seminar on Election Laws at Ramona Banquet Hall, New Pongos Hotel, Ormoc City January 10, 2013.

The whole day activity which started 8:00 a.m. on Thursday was hosted by the Occidental Leyte Bar Association (OLBA), COMELEC-Ormoc and the Rotary Club of Ormoc in their initiative for a secured and fair election come May 13 this year.

During the seminar, PSSupt. Elizar P. Egloso, police director of Ormoc City Police Office cited the importance of the lectures to both police and soldiers who will be securing the upcoming elections.

“We must accept the fact that our knowledge about the law is limited”, Egloso stressed.

The seminar includes lectures and open fora to topics such as the Role of AFP and PNP in election activities, Election Offenses and Warrantless Search and Seizures.

To Lt. Col. Jeffrey Cabansay, the executive officer of 19th IB, secure, fair and honest election would mean proper implementation of the COMELEC resolutions and election laws by the COMELEC and its deputized agencies.

Cabansay furthered that the public should likewise be informed on the election laws.

On the other hand, Lt. Col. Joel Alejandro Nacnac, commanding officer of 19IB expressed his gratitude to OLBA and the Rotary Club of Ormoc for orchestrating a very meaningful and educational opportunity for his troops to be re-oriented on their critical role during elections.

Election period, as embodied in COMELEC Resolution No. 9385, will start on Monday, January 13, 2013 and will end on June 12 this year.