MANILA — The conduct of the 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Quezon City is “generally peaceful”, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista said on Monday.
“[The election proceedings are] generally peaceful. Mayroon lang isang barangay na declared as a hotspot, ‘yung Barangay Masambong. Pero malaking improvement na ‘yun kasi dati, pitong barangay ang hotspots (There is only one village that is declared a hotspot, that is Village Masambong. But there is a big improvement because before there are seven village hotspots,” Bautista said in a radio interview.
Bautista said the city government closely monitored the conduct of the elections and provided the necessary logistical support to the Commission on Elections and the QC Police District to ensure a peaceful and orderly election.
In relation to this, the Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office has activated its incident management team and set up several advance command posts and first aid stations in the city’s six districts.
Polling precincts opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 3 p.m. (PNA)
