Poll gun ban exemptions granted by Comelec

INCUMBENT senators and congressmen, regardless of whether they are running in the May 2016 polls, have been allowed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to carry or transport firearms during the election period.

The new ruling was contained in Comelec Resolution 10047, which amended certain provisions of Resolution 10015 governing rules and regulations on the ban on the bearing, carrying or transporting of firearms and other deadly weapons, among others, during the 150-day (January 10 to June 8) election period.