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Refund gun permit fees-Chavez.
(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Byline: Philip C. Tubeza
FORMER Solicitor General Francisco Chavez has asked the Supreme Court to reverse its decision last month upholding the nationwide gun ban that President Macapagal-Arroyo imposed in 2003.
In a 30-page motion, Chavez also asked the Philippine National Police to refund the fees totaling P128 million that gun owners had paid for the Permits to Carry Firearms Outside of Residence (PTCFOR) which the PNP revoked after the gun ban was implemented.
"Upon the revocation of their PTCFORs, petitioner and other gun owners did not get anything in return for the fees they paid to the government. They shelled out money for the required fees and the government, by canceling the PTCFORs, gobbled up the gun-owners' money," Chavez said.
"This is plain and simple robbery, a fraud. Surely, this cannot be allowed. It was as if the petitioner paid for nothing at all. The PNP has not offered to refund payments made by the gun owners. Is it now entitled to keep the P128 million in gun owners' money?" he said.
Chavez said there were an estimated 32,000 holders of PTCFORs who paid a minimum of P4,000 each for ...
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