Manila Bulletin
Comelec approves more than 2,000 applications for gun ban exemption
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security Concerns (CBFSC) has approved more than 2,000 applications for gun ban exemption.
A total of 4,381 applications were received, including 354 refiled ones.
Of the new applications, 1,904 were approved and 855 denied, while 256 refiled applications were approved and 51 denied.
As of April 13, 1,315 applications remain pending.
Commissioner Socorro Inting resigned as head of the CBFSC on April 12, stating that the power to grant exemptions based on "meritorious and urgent cases" rendered the committee's functions futile.
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