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601st Bde Conducted Convergence of United Front for HOPE

Maria Cristina, Iligan City – COLONEL LEO CRESENTE M FERRER INF (GSC) PA Commander 601st Infantry (Unifier) Brigade spearheaded the creation and signing of United Front to gear towards achieving credible Honest, Orderly and Peaceful Election for May 2010 participated the different stakeholders coming from the COMELEC PNP, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) , Civil Society Organization –Forum for Peace (CSO-FP), Academe, Social Action Center (SAC) and media held at the Bde Hqs 12 April 2010.

The activity is in line with the intent of the Bde to have fully organize United Front to create societal pressure from civil society organizations to voters and candidates to vote wisely and exercise an Honest, Orderly and Peaceful elections 2010

In his message, COL FERRER said that “we must document and report to authorities all forms of violence, intimidation, coercion and cheating by political candidates and all their supporters just to get elected the positions they aspiring for and will remain vigilant and responsive to the needs of the voters at all tines”.

This undertaking was initiated by the members of UF HOPE composed of Atty Joseph Hamilton M Cuevas, Provincial COMELEC supervisor of Lanao del Norte, PSSUPT ORLANDO BINAS, Provincial Police Director, Fr Rodrigo Maata, (PPCRV), Fr Albert Mendez, Social Action Center, Ms Janina G Bernardo, CSO-FP, Iligan City, Dra. Marilou S Nanaman, Ph D, Professor MSU IIT (IPDM) Ms Roxanne Arevalo, ABS-CBN Northern Mindanao, Ms Divina Suson, DXIC, Salem Arillano DXRJ, Ms Marlyn Manos, GMA and other personalities from the local media of Iligan City.