ELECTION 2013
LIBERAL MAYORS REELECTED IN 6TH DISTRICT
ALL mayors in Cebu’s 6th district won re-election in last Monday’s polls. They belong to the Liberal Party.
Consolacion Mayor Theresa Alegado received 27,220 votes to defeat former mayor Avelino Gungob who got 23,917 votes.
In Cordova town, Mayor Adelino Sitoy won a second term and was proclaimed in the town’s session hall past 4 p.m. His daughter Teche Sitoy-Cho won as vice mayor.
In Mandaue City, Mayor Jonas Cortes won 87,633 votes over Victor Biaño’s 24,131 votes.
RADAZA SWEEPS LAPU-LAPU
Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza won a second term with a margin of almost 10,000 votes against businessman Efrain Pelaez Jr. of the Liberal Party-Cebu (LP-Cebu).
Radaza received 62,658 votes against Pelaez’s 53,240 votes.
Radaza’s Team Deretso swept all local posts including its lone congressional seat.
Radaza’s lone daughter Aileen garnered 61,286 votes for the House of Representatives or almost double the 31,999 votes of her closest rival Angel Rodriguez of the LP.
Radaza’s slate was proclaimed winners by Anna Fleur Gujilde, Lapu-Lapu City Board of Election Canvassers (BoC) chief at the City Session Hall.
Vice Mayor Marcial Ycong was reelected with 76,583 votes against rivals Reynaldo Berdin of LP Cebu who got 27,032 votes and Nino Jamili with 5,189 votes. The mayor’s nephew Councilor Harry Radaza topped the council race.
Berdin said they will file an election protest against vote buying.
“We have evidence such as sample ballots stapled with P300 bills ,” he said. Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos and Correspondent Norman Mendoza
DAANBANTAYAN MAYOR UNSEATED
DAANBANTAYAN Mayor Maria Luisa Loot is ending her long reign as mayor after losing to an old rival, Engr. Augusto Corro of the Liberal Party.
Loot said while she may eventually concede defeat, she would file a complaint against what she claimed were “rigged” Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines used in the town.
Corro of the Liberal Party-Cebu received 18,101 votes against Loot’s 15,700 votes.
Corro’s running mate Gilbert Arrabis Jr. got 18,534 votes against his rival Renato Te, who received 13,462 votes.
Corro won despite having only two out of 20 barangays supporting his bid.
Loot was Daanbantayan mayor from 1998 until 2007. She slid to vice mayor in 2007 to 2010 before running for mayor that year
.Corro said he won because people got angry after Loot ordered the closure of private cemeteries.
“She also failed to resolve rampant illegal fishing activities and an antiquated water supply system,” Corro said, charges which Loot denied. Correspondents Chito Aragon and Renan Alangilan
