Para

MEMORANDUM **

Elmer Tegio Para, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision, which summarily affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his applications for asylum, *82 withholding of removal and for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We deny the petition for review.

Where, as here, the BIA affirms without an opinion, we review the IJ’s decision directly. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). We review for substantial evidence and will not reverse unless the evidence compels a contrary result. See Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004).

Even assuming Para testified credibly, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision that Para failed to present sufficient evidence to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Ochave v. INS, 254 F.3d 859, 861-62 (9th Cir.2001).

The record does not compel the conclusion that Para suffered past persecution as a result of imputed political opinion. Para’s reliance on two pre-election incidents with unidentified…