Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be giving gun ban exemptions to &quot;high-risk individuals&quot; for the 2016 elections.This is stated in Comelec Resolution 10047 promulgated January 28, which amended Rule III Section 1 of Resolution 10015.Among the individuals who are qualified to apply for an exemption to the gun ban are:1. Officers and Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP);2. Commissioned Officers (COs), Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and Enlisted Personnel (EP) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP);3. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI);4. Provincial and City Jails, Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), Department of Justice;5. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP);6. (a) Intelligence Division and (b) Investigation Division of the Intelligence and Investigation Service; and the (c) Customs Police Division of the Enforcement and Security Service of the Bureau of Customs (BoC);7. Port Police Department, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA);8. Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) police forces;9. Government Guard Units (GGUs) regulated by the PNP under RA No. 5487;10. (a) The Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners, (b) members of the Law and Investigation Division and (c) members of the Intelligence Division, Bureau of Immigration (BI);11. Manila International Airport (MIA) Authority Police Force;12. Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority Police Force;13. Law Enforcement Service of the Land Transportation Office (LTO);14. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG);15. Cebu Port Authority Police Force;16. Internal Security Operations Group (ISOG) of the Witness Protection, Security and Benefits Program of the Department of Justice;17. Enforcement and lnvestigation Division, Optical Media Board (OMB);18. (a) The Security Investigation and Transport Department (SITD), (b) Cash Department and (c) the Office of Special Investigation (OSI), Branch Operations of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP);19. Offices of the Sergeant-At-Arms (OSAA) of (a) the Senate and (b) the House of Representatives, including the OSAA designated regular security escorts of Senators and Congressmen;20. Inspection Service of the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost);21. Inspection, Monitoring and Investigation Service of the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM);22. Forest Officers defined under PD No. 705, Forest/Park Rangers, Wildlife Officers, and Forest Protection and Law Enforcement Officers of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under DAO No. 1997-32;23. Intelligence and Security Unit, Office of the Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA);24. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA);25. Philippine Center for Transnational Crime (PCTC);26. National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA);27. Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGU) Active Auxiliaries and Special Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units Active Auxiliaries already constituted upon the effectivity of this Resolution while within the barracks;28. Presidential Security Group (PSG);29. Internal Security Division of the Bureau of the Treasury (BoT), the Treasurer and Deputy Treasurers of the Philippines;30. Internal Security of the Office of the Vice-President;31. The Secretary, Undersecretaries, Assistant Secretaries of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Internal Security of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government;32. Internal Security of the Office of the Secretary of National Defense;33. The Secretary, Undersecretaries, Assistant Secretaries, The Prosecutor General, Chief State Prosecutor, and the State, Regional, Provincial and City Prosecutors, Department of Justice;34. The Solicitor-General;35. Investigators and Prosecutors of the Office of the Ombudsman;36. The Chief Public Attorney; and,37. The officers and members of departments/divisions/offices/units/detachments performing law enforcement and/or security functions;MAYORS&#x27; APPEALHowever, during a meeting of the League of Cities in the Philippines in Tagaytay last Friday, several local mayors asked Comelec Chairman Andy Bautista to reconsider certain provisions of the gun ban.The mayors appealed to the Comelec to include local officials in the gun ban, as a number of them face serious security threats because of the elections.&quot;Marami nang threats, &#x27;Mayor hindi ka na aabot sa eleksyon, mamamatay ka na,&#x27;&quot; San Carlos City Pangasinan Mayor Julier Resuello said. Resuello is the son of slain Mayor Julian Resuello, who was gunned down in 2007.&quot;Our number one concern is our protection,&quot; he said.Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco, meanwhile, said the poll body should also allow security detail from the PNP for local executives.&quot;On my part, the threats are still being made because I am one of the witnesses who filed against the [Moro Islamic Liberation Front] in the city of Zamboanga,&quot; Climaco said.In the new resolution, the poll body expanded the gun ban exemption to cover qualified individuals who prove that their security is at risk during the elections.To be considered high-risk, the applicant should first present credible evidence and documentation. He or she should also prove that the reason is urgent to warrant an exemption.The poll body said they are also allowing the PNP security detail to qualified individuals subject to certain conditions, like absence of available security in the area, history of violence, and threat assessment from the PNP.Bautista said everyone would still have to apply to avail of the exemptions.

The Commission on Elections will be giving gun ban exemptions to "high-risk individuals" for the 2016 elections. 

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Comelec eyes gun ban exemptions to high-risk individuals

Pia Gutierrez,

ABS-CBN News

Published Feb 01, 2016 06:04 PM PHT

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