GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao --- This local
government convened last February 20 the Municipal Peace and Order Council
(MPOC) and Municipal Anti-Drug Abuse Council (MADAC) for a joint meeting held
at the Senior Citizen Building.
Mayor Midpantao M.
Midtimbang, Jr. said the joint meeting updated the members of the respective councils
on the peace and order and security situation in the town as well as the status
of the MADAC.
“The meeting is
very significant since we have gathered updated reports of each and every
member of the council,” Mayor Midtimbang said.
“We give constant
reminder, most especially to our barangay officials, for them to be always
visible and check on the situation in our various barangays from time to time,”
Mayor Midtimbang added.
Lt. Col.Crizaldo
A. Fernandez Inf (GSC) PA, commanding officer of the 19th IB, narrated
the implementation of Martial Law Instruction Order (MLIO) No. 1 issued by
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Mindanao martial law administrator,
instructing the regional governor and provincial governors to supervise local
chief executives.
The MLIO 1
directed the governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the
provincial governors, in coordination with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and
Philippine National Police, to provide monitoring system for the local chief
executives of cities and municipalities in Mindanao to ensure their presence in
their respective spheres.
The monitoring
system seeks to ensure the proper and timely delivery of government programs
and basic services to the constituents in Mindanao and the proper discharge of
their functions by the local chief executives.
“MLIO No. 2 is
also coming out”, Lt. Col. Fernandez said. (GILMHAR
A. LAO & ANNE ACOSTA - MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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