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00:00Good morning to all of you. Welcome to Unang Balita.
00:26Good morning, sir. Good morning to all of you.
00:31Is the force of the Philippine National Police 100% ready for the Zona Salones? How many will we deploy?
00:39That's right, sir. Your police force is ready.
00:43As of today, we will send off a ceremony to the police that will be deployed.
00:50In total, we will deploy around 22,000 police, including those from other agencies of our government.
01:00Just to be clear, Col. Jean, when will we implement the gun ban? Will it start here in Metro Manila?
01:08We just changed it sir Ivan. This is not a gun ban.
01:12This is just a suspension of the permit to carry firearms outside of residence.
01:17It will start and it will be implemented here on Saturday, 12-01 of July 20.
01:24It will last until 11-59 of July 22. That's three days.
01:30The PTC is suspended. This is the only place in the National Capital Region.
01:35Okay. Will this include all the deadly weapons?
01:41That's included sir Ivan. We can ensure that our Zona will be safe.
01:47Of course, we will not monitor the areas where we expect convergence of people.
01:57What are the expectations of those who will enter Metro Manila?
02:01Even the residents of Metro Manila, do you expect to set up a checkpoint and inspection of their belongings?
02:07Yes. Because of the Zona in Lunes, we will activate the so-called Manila Shield,
02:15where the nearby provinces and regions in Metro Manila will set up checkpoints and border control
02:22to make sure that we can monitor the entry and exit of Metro Manila.
02:28In Metro Manila, your PNP will help in managing and controlling the flow of traffic,
02:36especially in the length of Commonwealth and other roads leading to Batasan Complex.
02:42As the day of Zona approaches, how is our threat assessment Colonel Lafardo?
02:48As of now sir, we have not received any serious threat to disrupt our Zona.
02:56We do not have confidence in our coordination with other law enforcement agencies
03:02to make sure that we can preempt and monitor our security.
03:09Regarding the security, of course, what we expect are the protests.
03:14Yesterday, a guard was hit on the head in the middle of a rally.
03:18What are the preparations that we are doing regarding the protests?
03:22As of now sir, we are anticipating that there will be protest actions.
03:28They have been doing that for years.
03:30But if they will not be given a permit, we have Freedom Parks and we are allowing them.
03:38But we are anticipating that it is part of our contingency plan.
03:42If there is a decision to march, especially in the length of Commonwealth,
03:47we are preparing security for that.
03:51Did Colonel Lafardo receive a permit?
03:55As of yesterday sir Ivan, we understand that there are two or three groups that applied for a permit.
04:02But we will ask for an update on the day if there are those who applied for a permit to be given.
04:09How long will they be given?
04:11As long as they are given, what we are recommending to LGUs,
04:17particularly in the Special CTI, until they are old enough,
04:21so we can ensure that the roads near Batacan Complex will not have heavy traffic.
04:30Definitely, Batacan Complex is off-limits to the protests, even the pro-administration. Is that so?
04:37That's right sir. There are those who signify that they will protest and identify as pro-government.
04:46We will place them in Coa so that they will be far from each other to avoid tension.
04:55The length of IVP Road is closed to the traffic and MMDA will implement rerouting schemes
05:05so that the main roads towards Batacan Complex will be open to those we expect to attend.
05:14PNP Spokesperson Colonel Gene Fajardo, thank you for your time. Good morning.
05:44Thank you.