Ensuring the safety of every resident of North Cotabato is not the sole responsibility of police and military personnel as well as local officials but everybody, North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Mendoza said yesterday.
Mendoza said attaining peace in the province needs the full cooperation of the general public.
“You local officials down to the barangay have huge roles to play to maintain law and order in your respective community, attaining peace is the business of everybody,” Mendoza said in a statement released by her office Saturday.
She said the provincial government is doing its best to ensure the province is free from violence and trouble, especially during the Christmas season.
“The government needs the support of the grassroots officials, ordinary citizens and everybody to ensure the province is peaceful,” Mendoza said.
She admitted the two separate bombing incidents in Kabacan and Mlang in North Cotabato have sown fear among the residents but with the police and other law enforcement agencies, including the local officials, the province has been quiet since.
Intensified police action led to the arrest of one of the two suspects in the Kabacan bombing that left one student dead and wounded 17 others.
As the province prepares for a more exciting and meaningful 2015, Mendoza urged the village officials in the province to help maintain peace. (PNA)
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