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BY RANIE AZUE
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017
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BACOLOD City – A gun ban is in effect, and so are other election prohibitions.
Negros Occidental election officer Jessie Suarez said it will continue to be that way as there hasn’t been an approved law postponing the Oct. 23 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
Suarez said this leaves them (election officers and personnel) to follow the schedule of election activities.
Suarez has ordered all city and municipal election officers to convene with their respective local peace and order councils in view of the election.
He also met with Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office director Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil Jr. yesterday to discuss preparations to maintain peace and order during the election period in the province.
The nationwide gun ban started on Oct. 1, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
The filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) will start on Oct. 5 and will end on Oct. 11, based on the Comelec schedule, said Suarez.
The campaign period will follow starting on Oct. 12 until Oct. 21, a day before the election on the 23rd.
Suarez urged those interested to run to secure their copies of the COCs and file them before the last day.
A government employee who wishes to run for the elections must resign from work, Suarez explained.
“Kung ma-postpone then it is their problem,” he said./PN
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