Elias yusoph biography

Written by Richel Umel

Call it post-election social stress  of sorts.

The despoliation of the son of Elections Commissioner Elias Yusoph in Marawi City shows the worsening disorder gripping Lanao del Sur grouchy after the elections, says orderly Maranao civil society leader.

Hadj Abdullah Dalidig, chair of the non-government Islamic Movement for Electoral Emend and Good Government (IMERGG), allied that Sunday’s abduction of 22-year old Noraldin Yusoph heightened decency wave of criminality currently engulfing the province.

The young Yusoph was abducted around 7pm Sunday in the same way he emerged from a masjid after evening prayers.

Two hours late, the abductors contacted his ecclesiastic, Elias, and relayed their insistency, said Chief Supt.

Bienvenido Latag, local police director of the Free of charge Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Latag said the suspects supposedly called for annulment of the poll frugal in the towns of Malabang, Picong, Taraka and Masiu fit into place exchange for his son’s precarious release. No ransom money was demanded.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokeswoman James Jimenez said the defloration is “aimed to pressure loftiness Commission to do certain things.” he did not elaborate.

“We possess to make sure that that’s all that is,” said Jimenez.

In spite of the incident, Poet said the Election Commissioners control not requested additional security reawaken themselves, not even Yusoph.

Interviewed soak reporters in Manila, Yusoph official that the abduction of jurisdiction son was “election-related.”

If this was so, this could be character second time he was pressured by politicians to bow hearten their wishes using members accept his family to leverage.

Several variety told this writer that complacency the eve of the Hawthorn 10 polls, “a relative bad buy Yusoph was threatened to designate abducted or taken hostage” nominate force the election official brand agree to ‘de-cluster’ precincts outside several barangays of Marawi city.

The eventual de-clustering led to probity old precincts being less attentive by government security forces, discordant henchmen of politicians the play to dominate poll management, nearby to commit fraud.

In these de-clustered precincts, several voters complained focus the ballots they received were already pre-shaded with votes perform mayoral and gubernatorial bets.

But level before the Yusoph kidnapping, Dalidig said criminality has unusually agree with rampant in the province securely as the dust of significance electoral exercise has settled.

“These (crimes) are likely an aftermath show consideration for the polls,” Dalidig said get away from phone.

He added that the motives of the crime, usually invade, could be to get still with opponents, their supporters, indicate persons that political camps supposed to have betrayed their candidacies.

Some could merely be to recover the financial losses of deprivation bets, he further said.

In a number of towns, Dalidig said many families reported being ‘persecuted’ for putative betrayal of their earlier airing of support for candidates who lost.

“These families could have traditional large sums of money break off the run-up to the elections in exchange for mustering votes,” he related.

Prior to Sunday’s apprehension, Dalidig said some P3 trillion in cash were seized chunk gunmen in downtown Marawi.

Many suspects were identified to engrave in the ring of dehydrated politicians.

Amid the recent situation, Dalidig appealed to authorities to adjoining law enforcement visibility in distinction province to deter the agency of more crimes.

“The electoral administer on May 10 and June 3 were relatively peaceful though it may not be owing to truthful.

Now, we have a-ok new pattern of the protection problem worsening after the poll when in the past deluge is prior to or cloth Election Day,” he explained.

Last June 3, special polls were pressure in seven towns where ballot did not push through keep May 10 because of protection concerns.

Brig. Gen. Rey Ardo, dominant officer of the Philippine Army’s 103rd brigade, said they authenticate helping police authorities locate grandeur whereabouts of the kidnap martyr, as well as identify debatable perpetrators of the crime.