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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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Friday, October 6, 2017
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ILOILO City – The police would pursue charges against arrested violators even if the Commission on Elections-imposed gun ban has been lifted.
As of Oct. 3, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) recorded eight arrests for gun ban violation across Western Visayas.
The gun ban started on Oct. 1 in line with the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections scheduled this Oct. 23.
On Wednesday, however, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the measure that Congress passed postponing the elections to May next year.
With the postponement, the gun ban was lifted midnight of Oct. 4.
According to PRO-6 spokesperson Superintendent Gilbert Gorero, the regional police office received a radio message from the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame about the election postponement.
When the gun ban was imposed, all gun licenses and permits to carry firearms outside of residences were suspended. Only law enforcers were authorized to carry guns but they must be on duty and in complete uniform.
Despite the gun ban’s lifting, however, Gorero said, “Our usual activities like checkpoints and saturation drives will continue.”/PN
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