THE Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday it is now monitoring at least 85 private armed groups (PAGs), which could undermine the holding of peaceful and orderly elections on May 9.

Director Generoso Cerbo, head of the PNP Directorate for Intelligence, told reporters in a news conference at Camp Crame that most of these PAGs are operating in the restive Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao.

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