AFTER President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on Wednesday the postponement of barangay and youth elections, the Philippine National Police (PNP) followed suit on the same day with a memorandum that ordered the suspension of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) “gun ban”.

In his directive, Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista stated operational guidelines for the lifting of the gun ban and the dismantling of checkpoints in Luzon and the Visayas.

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