Gun ban dispute splits top Philippine polls panel officials

Socorro Inting the head of Comelec's committee in charge of poll security resigned on April 12. - PDI

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): A dispute over who should grant exemptions to the gun ban has caused a split in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) after the head of its committee in charge of poll security resigned on Tuesday (April 12) in protest against a resolution that essentially stripped her panel of that responsibility.

Giving exemptions to the gun ban during elections has always been the task of the committee on the ban on firearms and security concerns (CBFSC), which for the May 9 polls was headed by Commissioner Socorro Inting.