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Comelec chairperson Saidamen Pangarungan (File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to allow its chief Saidamen Pangarungan to classify areas under "Comelec control" to fast-track its preparations just over a month before the May 9 polls. Commissioner George Erwin Garcia, in a Laging Handa briefing Monday, said the matter will be tackled by the Comelec en banc. He added that if Pangarungan is given the authority to decide on the matter, it will hasten the process by doing away with the prerequisite of a Comelec en banc resolution. Currently, only the poll body en banc has the authority to place certain areas in the country under Comelec control. "If we wait for the weekly Comelec en banc meeting, there may be delays in the necessary actions to prevent violence or the heightening of tension in the concerned area," Garcia said. Under Comelec Resolution No. 10757, any political division, subdivision, unit, or area may be placed under Comelec