First day of gun ban enforcement yields zero arrest in Zambo Sur

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Pagadian City Police Operatives

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Jan. 11 (PNA) – Senior Supt. Michael Nicolas, provincial police director, announced that the first day of the election gun ban enforcement yielded zero arrest and confiscation of firearms in this province.

The gun ban took effect midnight of January 9 in time for the start of the election period for the May 2016 presidential and local elections pursuant to Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 3328.

Nicolas said no one was arrested when they simultaneously conducted checkpoints in the entire province at the start of the gun ban.

Nicolas’ area of responsibility is the entire province that consists of one component city and 26 municipalities.

Nicolas said that random checkpoints will be conducted along the national highways to ensure compliance of Comelec Resolution No. 3328.

The Comelec resolution stated that only policemen and soldiers including security guards and other security government agencies are allowed to carry firearms during work hours in their areas of responsibility for the duration of the election period.

Atty. Jossil Macute, acting provincial election supervisor, said those who wish to be exempted from the gun ban may apply online with the Comelec’s Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security Personnel (CBFSP). (PNA)

FPV/TPGJR/Hirohito D. Cadion