PNP E. Samar registers zero gun confiscation on first day of election gun ban implementation
BORONGAN CITY – The Eastern Samar Police Provincial Office was happy to report that the first day of the Gun Ban implementation did not record any violation of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Resolution # 8714.
Police Supt. Mario Cristino Lucero, assistant PNP Provincial Director, reported that two teams conducted the 24-hour inspection of all the municipal police office on January 10 after they were ordered to establish Comelec checkpoints and police visibility in connection with the Gun Ban.
“No firearm nor deadly weapon was confiscated from our plying motorists, so far, on the first day of the Gun Ban, and we are happy about this and of course thankful to our policemen in the field,” the young officer said. “But the checkpoint and inspection continues until the last day of election period in June 7, but random checkpoints and inspection can be expected in the next few weeks of implementation,” he added.
Early on, Sr. Supt. Felixberto Marudo Castillo had cautioned the public on air over Radyo ng Bayan – DYES not to be bringing along even toy guns nor air-soft guns lest police authorities spot them and face a problem.
Total gun ban only allows authorized personnel to bring their issued firearms (FAs). Even PNP and military men are required to be in proper uniform when they are supposed to carry guns, with appropriate documents at hand.
As to previously reported election hot spots which was flashed over the TV lately, that referred Eastern Samar as one, Aquilino Dulfo, a former long-time serving barangay chairman of Campesao, aired his reaction over Caloy Capito’s DYES radio program, in his effort to belie the report.
“That is an unfair report,” Dulfo a.k.a. Akling’s rebutted on air. “I hope, the report is not in any way a form of conditioning the public to justify future deployment of armed men in the province,” he cautioned.
According to Man Akling, Eastern Samar is relatively peaceful so why include it in the list of election hot spots?
Supt. Lucero, however, mentioned five municipalities in the province which the Comelec reportedly placed under Election Watch List: the towns of Dolores, Taft, Arteche, Can-avid and Oras. Hot spots and watch list may connote two different meanings, he said. (Alice Nicart)
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