Ex-Abra mayor’s gun permits revoked

By Ralph Edwin Villanueva 

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has revoked the license to own and possess firearms (LTOPF) as well as the firearm registration (FR) of a former municipal mayor in Abra.
    The PNP’s Firearms and Explosives Office said there were misdeclarations, misrepresentations and falsity in the documents submitted by former mayor Artemio Donato Jr. of Langiden town.
    Based on an order of revocation signed by FEO chief Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas, Donato’s applications for LTOPF and FR had “misdeclared” qualifications.
    “The revocation was a result of the continuous evaluation and audit of uploaded documents for the application of LTOPF and FR, wherein it appears that Mr. Donato misdeclared the true and correct qualification, the type of license and other license/s he possesses,” the order read.

    It said the documents uploaded by Donato bore different signatures.

    “These documents included the FR forms for the transfer of firearm and for a newly purchased firearm as well as the deed of sale of a firearm. This only showed that the application forms and the deed of sale are void,” the PNP-FEO said.

    It said the former mayor has not completed the standards and requisites for the issuance of an LTOPF.

    The order said Donato holds LTOPF type 5, sports shooter and gun collector licenses.

    There are 15 guns registered under Donato’s name, which the FEO ordered confiscated and turned over to the supply accountable officer for proper disposition.

    Donato was ordered to surrender the firearms to the regional civil security unit of

the Cordilleras.