LINGAYEN— Very peaceful, no reported election-related violent incidents in Pangasinan, the top police officer here said.

P/Senior Supt. Edgar Allan Okubo, officer-in-charge as police director, said no untoward or violent incident has been reported so far in all the 44 towns and four cities in Pangasinan.

Okubo said he’s pleased with the outcome notwithstanding the fact that the province was listed among the provinces under election watch list areas.

He added that the quick reaction teams (QRTs) assigned in areas where there perceived intense rivalries were anticipated succeeded in neutralizing potential violent situations.

“Our QRTs immediately responded so perhaps these were pre-empted,” he added.

He said there were reports on alleged vote-buying from different camps and the police responded quickly but no cases could be filed against arrested persons because no one was willing to file the complaints.

He said despite the lack of policemen assigned in polling precincts, wherein some only had one policeman instead of two, the conduct of the polling places was peaceful.

He said their policemen assigned in polling precincts reported only matters concerning malfunctioning vote counting machines which were promptly corrected.

“We hope this peaceful situation seen during the conduct of election will continue,” Okubo added. (Tita Roces)

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