By Mortz C. Ortigoza
DAGUPAN CITY - Unknown to others, the security blanket provided by the Philippine National Police in the last presidential debate here was exemplary amid the assassination rumors against then presidential front runner Rodrigo Duterte, Superintendent Christopher Abrahano, the security commander, said.
DAGUPAN CITY - Unknown to others, the security blanket provided by the Philippine National Police in the last presidential debate here was exemplary amid the assassination rumors against then presidential front runner Rodrigo Duterte, Superintendent Christopher Abrahano, the security commander, said.
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| Government security forces prepare their riot gears at a university in Dagupan City for the third and final leg of the presidential debate last April 24. |
Three layers of security
He cited that he prepared three
layers of security with the more than 700 police and auxiliary forces at his
disposal.
He expounded that it could
discouraged any assassination attempt or untoward incidents that befall
presidential candidates Duterte, Mar Roxas, Grace Poe, Jejomar Binay, and
Merriam Santiago.
He said any attempt to harm
Duterte would be suicidal on the part of the assassins.
“Mahihirapan ka. Kasi ginawa
namin three layers ang security. May inner circle, middle circle. Iyong inner
naman andoon iyong ABS-CBN tapos iyong police personal body guards, iyong
middle natin andoon na iyong two teams of counter snipers, iyong bomb squad,
K-9 (It would be a tough barrier. We made three security layers. We have inner
circle, middle circle. The inner circle was where the ABS-CBN’s security and the police bodyguards. The two teams of counter snipers, bomb squad, and K-9
were in the middle circle)” Abrahano, the incumbent chief of police here
stressed.
The counter snipers and their
spotters were at the roof tops of the venue’s University of Pangasinan,
building that housed Cuatro Bar, Collegio de Dagupan, and Star Plaza Hotel.
