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PHOTO ESSAY: Peaceful plebiscite in Lanao del Norte

|  February 7, 2019 - 12:03 pm

Despite the explosions that rocked three municipalities of Lanao del Norte the day before the February 6 plebiscite, voters still trooped to the polling places in large numbers.

The province voted on the proposal to include 6 of its 22 municipalities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

MindaNews’s Froilan Gallardo and Bobby Timonera drove around Lanao del Norte to capture the largely peaceful electoral exercise.

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A voter looks for her name outside Facalundo Elementary School in the municipality of Baloi, Lanao del Norte. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
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A resident of Baloi in Lanao del Norte casts his vote early at the Facalundo Elementary School. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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Policemen guard the entrance of the Sultan Macalpang Permites Central School in Matungao, Lanao del Norte. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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A police officer checks a long queue of vehicles in Linamon, Lanao del Norte. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
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Soldiers and policemen with a bomb-sniffing dog check on residents coming to vote at the Kauswagan Central Elementary School in Lanao del Norte. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
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Police personnel guard the municipal gym of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, where an explosion occurred at the back part on the eve of the plebiscite. No one was injured as there were no people in that part of the gym during the blast.

MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA

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A young woman casts her vote at the Kauswagan Central Elementary School. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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A voter shows his finger with indelible ink after casting his vote at the Kauswagan Central Elementary School. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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An old man walks his way home in the mid-morning heat after casting his vote in the municipality of Kauswagan. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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An Army convoy drives past the municipality of Maigo as it patrols the highway of Lanao del Norte. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
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A soldier sits on top of an armored personnel carrier (APC) as he and his team guard the entrance of the Kolambugan Central Elementary School in Lanao del Norte. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
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Schoolteachers and poll watchers count the ballots at the Kolambugan Central Elementary School in Lanao del Norte after voting ended. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
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A school teacher reads out the votes after balloting at the Kolambugan Central Elementary School. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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Volunteers take time to relax after balloting closed at the Kolambugan Central Elementary School. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA