Gun ban, bodyguard exemption applications now accepted
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership yesterday announced that it will start assisting the Commission on Elections in studying the applications for gun ban and security personnel exemptions by all individuals in line with the scheduled gun ban exemption to ensure the conduct of a peaceful and orderly May 2022 national and local polls.
“The PNP will assist in the issuance of threat assessment and will endorse the approval to grant to application, through the Joint Security and Control Center (JSCC), if it is deemed urgent and necessary,” PNP chief, General Dionardo B. Carlos explained.
According to PNP spokesperson, Colonel Roderic Agustus B. Alba, the Comelec will start accepting applications for the issuance of the Certification of Authority starting Wednesday, December 1 until May 25, 2022.
The filing of applications may be done online through the Comelec official website: www.comelec.gov.ph.
The requirements for the application are the following: CBFSC Form No. 2022-06 downloadable at Comelec website; 2×2 photograph; Threat assessment; and CBFSC Form No. 2022A-06DA (Certified by the concerned government agency.
Under Comelec Resolution 10728, the poll body has set regulations on the ban on the Bearing, Carrying or Transporting of Firearms or Other Deadly Weapons; and Employment, Availment or Engagement of the Services of Security Personnel or Bodyguards from January 9 to June 8, 2022.
All the political aspirants will be informed through a letter that their security detail will be recalled, said Col. Alba.
He added that Gen. Carlos has ordered that all recalled police security undergo a VIP Security and Protection Refresher Course.
Exempted from the recall of security detail are the following government officials namely; President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of National Defense, Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, Chairman and Commissioners of Comelec, Chief of Staff and Major Service Commanders of the Armed Forces and the PNP chief and senior PNP officers.
