AFP, PNP, PCG, COMELEC joint command for 'Eleksyon 2022'

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Coast Guard, and Commission on Elections (COMELEC) held a joint command conference and signed operational guidelines for the implementation of election security.

According to AFP Public Affairs Office Chief Col. Jorry Baclor, the joint command conference was held at the Commissioned Officers Club in Camp Aguinaldo on April 8, 2022.

The signed operational guidelines remind the AFP, PNP, and PCG as deputized agencies of the COMELEC to ensure safe, accurate, free, and fair elections.

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It was attended by AFP Chief of Staff General Andres Centino, PNP Chief Of Police General Dionardo B. Carlos, PCG Commandant Admiral Artemio M. Abu, and representative from COMELEC Chairman Saidamen Balt Pangarungan.

Gen. Centino said the AFP will deploy more personnel against security threats in the upcoming elections.

The PNP will take the lead in implementing law enforcement operations.

While the PCG will lead law enforcement operations in coastal or maritime areas.