CAVITE, Philippines – Authorities enforced a gun ban in Bacoor City on Wednesday,
June 28, a month before a
plebiscite on the proposal
to merge and reduce the
number of more than 40 of
the city’s barangays.
The gun ban, ordered by the Commission
on Elections (Comelec),
will be implemented by the
Cavite police until August
5.
Bacoor will hold
the plebiscite on July 29,
which will decide the fate
of its 49 barangays.
The plebiscite
would determine the fate
of the proposal to rename
and reduce the number of
Bacoor City’s barangays
from 49 to 23.
The July 29
plebiscite, contained in
Comelec Resolution No.
10917, is based on Bacoor City Ordinance No.
275-2023, which seeks
to merge the city’s barangays.
Based on the ordinance, 44 barangays will
be merged into 18 villages. It also seeks to rename
five barangays.
During the plebiscite period, prohibited acts include bearing,
carrying, or transporting
firearms or other deadly
weapons; organizing or
maintaining strike forces;
suspending local elective
officials; and transferring
or detailing officers and
employees in the civil service.
The Bacoor police are now conducting
checkpoints in strategic
areas in the locality together with Comelec.
The information and campaign period
started on Wednesday
and would be until July 27.
On plebiscite
day, voting is scheduled
from 7 am to 3 pm in designated polling places.
During the information and campaign
period, it is prohibited to
remove, destroy, or tamper with lawful plebiscite
propaganda, while holding
of barangay assemblies or
“pulong-pulong” is encouraged.
On the eve of
plebiscite day, it will be
prohibited to buy, serve,
or consume intoxicating
liquor; campaign; and give
or accept free transportation, food, drinks, or other
things of value.
Bacoor City has
294,496 registered voters
based on the 2022 elections data.
Police-Cavite director Colonel Christopher
Olazo, said motorists need
to be ready to show their
car registration papers
and driving licenses at the
checkpoints.
The barangays
proposed to be merged
are the following:
Sineguelasan
Banalo
Alima
Tabing Dagat
Camposanto
Daang Bukid
Kaingen
Digman
Mabolo 1
Mabolo 2
Mabolo 3
Salinas 2
Salinas 3
Salinas 4
Maliksi 2
Maliksi 3
Zapote 1
Zapote 2
Zapote 3
Zapote 4
Talaba 1
Talaba 3
Talaba 7
Talaba 4
Talaba 5
Talaba 6
Aniban 1
Aniban 3
Aniban 5
Aniban 2
Aniban 4
Mambog 2
Mambog 5
Niog 1
Niog 2
Niog 3
Ligas 1
Ligas 2
Real 1
Real 2
P.F. Espiritu 2
P.F. Espiritu 3
P.F. Espiritu 5
P.F. Espiritu 6
The five barangays
proposed t
o be renamed are the
following:
Zapote 6 to Zapote 3
Ligas 3 to Ligas 2
P.F. Espiritu 4 to
P.F. Espiritu 3
P.F. Espiritu 7 to
P.F. Espiritu 5
P.F. Espiritu 8 to
P.F. Espiritu 6.
Rappler.com
