PNP BACKS MARTIAL

LAW EXTENSION IN
MINDANAO
By: Jaymee T. Gamil - Reporter / @jgamilINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:33 AM November 06, 2018
The Philippine National Police supports another extension
of martial law in Mindanao to preserve the huge
improvement in peace and order in the region, PNP
Director General Oscar Albayalde said.
“If ever the President decides to extend martial law, we
[will] fully support that because what we see here is the
improvement in the peace and order,” Albayalde said at a
press conference at Camp Crame in Quezon City on
Monday.
Martial law, he said, has caused the reduction of the
average monthly crime rate in Mindanao from 8.79 in
2017 to 5.92 this year.
Crime rate refers to the number of victims of crime for
every 100,000 of the population.
“We can attribute that basically to the imposition of
martial law,” Albayalde said.