Isabela Comelec supervisor laid to rest
11/22/2009 | 01:39 AM
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya - The supervisor of the Commission on Elections in Isabela province who was gunned down last week was buried in his hometown in La Union.
Church services were made for Michael Valdez at the Basilica of our Lady of Charity in Agoo town before his family, friends, and supporters laid him to rest at the Agoo Public Cemetery in the town’s San Antonio village on Saturday.
Valdez was slain inside the County Estate Drive-in Hotel in Isabela’s Tumauini town allegedly by a group of hired killers.
Two of the suspected assailants – Jessie Calanday and Harry Taccad – are under the custody of local authorities.
Isabela governor Grace Padaca earlier linked the killing to some unresolved poll-related incidents in the province, saying these could continue because of the police’s alleged inaction to solve the crimes and the existence of armed groups for hire sowing violence during election period.
“What happened (was) terrible but not totally unexpected, and something like it may happen again sometime soon," Padaca said in a statement.
She said the latest incident might have something to do with the 2004 burning of election returns in San Mariano and Jones towns. “More than five years have gone by and the case is still unresolved," according to the governor. - Floro Taguinod, GMANews.TV
Church services were made for Michael Valdez at the Basilica of our Lady of Charity in Agoo town before his family, friends, and supporters laid him to rest at the Agoo Public Cemetery in the town’s San Antonio village on Saturday.
Valdez was slain inside the County Estate Drive-in Hotel in Isabela’s Tumauini town allegedly by a group of hired killers.
Two of the suspected assailants – Jessie Calanday and Harry Taccad – are under the custody of local authorities.
Isabela governor Grace Padaca earlier linked the killing to some unresolved poll-related incidents in the province, saying these could continue because of the police’s alleged inaction to solve the crimes and the existence of armed groups for hire sowing violence during election period.
“What happened (was) terrible but not totally unexpected, and something like it may happen again sometime soon," Padaca said in a statement.
She said the latest incident might have something to do with the 2004 burning of election returns in San Mariano and Jones towns. “More than five years have gone by and the case is still unresolved," according to the governor. - Floro Taguinod, GMANews.TV
