Central Luzon police director Chief Supt. Leon Nilo de la Cruz include Nueva Ecija as election hotpots in Central Luzon, Bataan and Bulacan might also be included. De la Cruz cited reports af armed goons being maintained by politicians in the three provinces.
This, even as police Director General Jesus Versoza identified Nueva Ecija, Sulu, Abra, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, and Maguindanao as election hotspots, less than a year before the 2010 polls, saying these areas will be closely monitored by the police for possible election-related violence.
De la Cruz said he earlier recommended the inclusion of Nueva Ecija in his region as among the hotpots to be closely monitored by the police amid the province's history of election-related violence.
"Rivalry among political families there has remained intense," he said, citing the Joson, Umali, Antonino and Perez political clans.
Earlier, Versoza also said the police plan to address election-related violence by limiting the number of security escorts of VIP's to two each; requiring all security escorts to wear a duly-approved uniform; and imposing stricter penalties on unlicensed and unregistered firearms.
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