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MALACA\u00d1ANG<\/strong> on Friday expressed serious concern over reports from the National Security Council (NSC) indicating possible foreign interference in the May 12 midterm elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a Palace press briefing, Presidential Communications Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said: \u201cIto po ay talagang nakakaalarma,\u201d referring to the potential external influence in the midterm elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Castro noted that when the issue reached President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., he immediately ordered an immediate and deeper investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNakarating na po ito sa Pangulo kaya po kailangan po talaga ng maagaran, mas malalim na pag-iimbestiga,\u201d she added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Castro assured that the concerned government agencies would intensify the investigation into the matter to ensure the integrity of the election process.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAt paiigtingin pa po natin ang imbestigasyon patungkol dito,\u201d Castro said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n During the April 24 Senate hearing on submersible drones and possible espionage activities, NSC disclosed that \u201cthere are indications that information operations are being conducted that are Chinese state-sponsored in the Philippines and are actually interfering in the forthcoming elections.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n When asked to elaborate on the specific interference indicators, Castro said the concerned government agencies are still gathering information.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSa ngayon po, ang sinabi po sa atin ay pa-iimbestigahan pa po muna para malaman natin kung ano pa po ang mga detalye dito at kung ano po ang napapaloob sa mga ganitong klaseng pangyayari,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n During a hearing on Thursday by the Senate Special Committee <\/strong>on Philippine Maritime and Admiralty Zones chaired by Senate Majority Leader Francis “TOL” Tolentino on <\/strong>maritime security, NSC Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya said: \u201cChinese state-sponsored actors in the Philippines are actually interfering in the forthcoming elections.\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MALACAÑANG on Friday expressed serious concern over reports from the National Security Council (NSC) indicating possible foreign interference in the May 12 midterm elections. In<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13376,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13374\/revisions\/13376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}