Cusi-led PDP-Laban group submits names of new officers to Comelec

Cusi-led PDP-Laban group submits names of new officers to Comelec

PDP-Laban president Alfonso Cusi INQUIRER PHOTO/LYN RILLON

MANILA, Philippines — The PDP-Laban group led by newly elected party president Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi submitted its new set of officers to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

In a letter to the poll body dated August 4 and signed by party chairman President Rodrigo Duterte and Cusi, PDP-Laban formally submitted its Sworn Information Update Statement (SIUS) to the Comelec,

Political parties were given until August 15 to submit their SIUS ahead of the 2022 elections.

In the same letter, the Cusi-led PDP-Laban faction listed the names and positions of the party’s newly elected national officers:

Alfonso Cusi – President Karlo Nograles – Executive Vice President Edwin Olivarez – Vice President for NCR Raul Lambino – Vice President for Luzon Ben Evardone – Vice President for Visayas Charito Plaza – Vice President for Mindanao Melvin Matibag – Secretary-General Rianne Cuevas – National Treasurer Christopher “Bong” Go – Auditor General Astravel Pimentel-Naik – Membership Committee Noel Felangco – Education Committee Antonio Kho- Finance Committee Richard Nethercott – Legal Affairs and Arbitration Committee Jonathan Malaya – Public Information Committee Reymar Mansilungan – Livelihood Committee Maria Katrina Nicole Contacto- Youth Affairs Committee

The new set of officers were elected during the July 17 national assembly.

The said event, however, was dubbed as “unauthorized” by Senators Manny Pacquiao and Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, who has been at odds with the Cusi-led group.

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Asked about the SIUS submitted by Cusi’s faction, Pimentel said “politics should take a back seat.”

“We [should] focus on [the] COVID pandemic as lockdown has been declared in NCR (National Capital Region) and surges felt in other places,” he said.

“Concentrate first on solving the pandemic in our territory,” the senator added.

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