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MANILA - Some top officials of the government are exempted from the existing gun ban, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday. Comelec Chair Saidamen Pangarungan said even their security personnel will be allowed to carry firearms during the ban that started January 9 and will end June 8. "We don't want any senior government official to get injured or lose his life from an armed assailant simply because he cannot defend himself with his own firearm due to the gun ban," he said in a press briefing. "These officials need to feel secure in performing their duties, free from fear and pressure from others," he added. Aside from the President and Vice President, also exempted from the gun ban are the Chief Justice, Senate and House of Representatives members, and all justices of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, and Court of Tax Appeals. Likewise included in the exemption list are all judges of the regional, municipal, and metropolitan tria ....

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