COMELEC, AFP, PNP gears for the August 11 ARMM polls

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) held a command conference this morning at the AFP General Headquarters in preparation for the forthcoming August 11, 2008 elections in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). COMELEC Chairman Jose A.R. Melo presided over the meeting which was attended by Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr., AFP Chief of Staff Alexander Yano and PNP ARMM Regional Director Joel G