Manila, April 14 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has acquitted a man in Muntinlupa City who was convicted eight years ago for carrying a knife during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election (BSKE) period in 2018.
In a resolution written by Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul Inting and published online on Tuesday, the high court's Third Division granted the motion for reconsideration of its earlier ruling and acquitted Philip Miranda.
The SC clarified that the prohibition on carrying weapons during elections applies to firearms, but not to bladed instruments like knives, "unless they are carried inside or near a voting precinct."
Miranda was arrested during the BSKE period from April 24 to May 21, 2018, for possessing a 13-inch kitchen kn...