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“Ang kinabukasan ng bansa ay nakasalalay sa buhay ng bagong pangulo.”
This explains Peter Tiu Laviña, spokesman for presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte related tight security enforced by the Police Regional Office (PRO) -11 for mayor of Davao City.
“With incoming president staying in Davao City, it is necessary to provide full security and protection the way we protect the highest official of the country,” -Laviña Said
He emphasized that the mayor is now the most important person in the country, after President Aquino.
The PRO-11 implements strict security specific to the access road to the hotel and other places visited by Duterte last week.
Yesterday said PRO 11 spokesman Chief Insp. Andrea Dela Cerna that granted police security area of the mayor particularly in public places to visit in the city.“We understand that the incoming president is now resting and staying with his family in Davao City. We have to beef up the security of the areas where he is staying,” -Dela Cerna said
Said the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) spokesperson Chief Insp. Milgrace Driz belonging to police provides security Duterte groups from the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and police SWAT training assigned to different stations.
According to Driz, they also intensified intelligence monitoring activities as part of ensuring the security of the country's new president.