Post-2013 Local Elections Criminality

MAY 16, Thursday

The local COMELEC reportedly proclaimed today Jeffrey Lim as the reelected mayor of Salug together with his running mates in the vice mayoralty and the councilors. It was an 8-0 victory over the local Liberal Party candidates. 

Bomb Explosion. At 1:40 AM, an improvised bomb exploded inside the Salug National High School Campus in barangay East Poblacion, damaging one of the classrooms. [The explosion was not intended to hurt persons so it was not an terrorist action but something to send a message to political opponents. It could be interpreted as a scare tactic against the losing opposition candidates. It could also be interpreted as a protest action against the newly reelected mayor.] [News came out in The Philippine Star]

MAY 20, Monday

A sales collector coming from Ipil, Zamboanga Del Sur was held up by an unknown gunman while collecting payment money from local trader Aling Balud at the purview of many customers. It appeared however that the local trader was also held up for money.