Comelec validating over 100 areas that PNP listed as 'red areas of concern'

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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections is hoping to complete this week its validation of what the task force for national and local elections classified as "red areas of concern", where there have been incidents of election-related violence.

In a briefing on Thursday, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said 105 municipalities and 15 cities across the country have been tagged as red areas of concern.

"As far as I know, hindi pa completed ‘yung validation natin (we have yet to complete our validation)… but right now, we are undergoing validation and we hope that within the week or within what’s left of the week, we will be able to release the final list of areas under concern," Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said.

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