Manila Bulletin
No internal conflict within Comelec, says poll official
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Socorro Inting resigned as head of the poll body's gun ban committee to protest new powers granted to Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan.
Inting argued that Pangarungan's unilateral authority to grant gun exemptions and place areas under Comelec control made her committee "functus officio" and "inutile."
She described her resignation as a "passive protest" and stated, "I am a justice by heart than a Comelec commissioner."
Despite the controversy, Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia stated there is no internal conflict within the poll body.
Garcia affirmed that all commissioners participated in the en banc meeting and that the Comelec's focus remains on the upcoming May 2022 elections.
The en banc had previously voted to grant Pangarungan the power to grant gun ban exemptions, a decision previously requiring full en banc approval.
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