SOME 403 areas in various parts of the country have been flagged as areas of concern for the May 12 midterm elections, with 38 of them falling under the “red category,” signaling significant security threats or a history of violent election-related incidents.
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has been identified as the region with the highest concentration of critical risk zones, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Thursday.