Kalibo mayoral bet Lachica : I’m not a nuisance candidate
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan – Branding him as a ‘nuisance candidate’ by critics, former Kalibo vice mayor William Lachica said he will continue his quest for the top post in the capital town of Aklan in the May 10, 2010 elections.
Lachica, who is running as Kalibo mayor under Bigkis Pinoy, stressed the allegation of being a nuisance candidate following his three consecutive defeats since 2001, against incumbent Kalibo mayor Raymar Rebaldo, has no basis at all.
“I started as barangay kagawad of Andagao, then barangay captain and Sangguniang Bayan for two terms of Kalibo and vice mayor of Kalibo against a formidable opponent. I ran but lost for the mayoral post in a close fight, how could they say I’m a nuisance candidate,” Lachica said, a close friend of Philippine Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) chairman Efraim Genuino, over DyRG Budyong ng Kalibo.
The soft-spoken Bigkis Pinoy leader had helped many poor and deserving Aklanons, including supporters of his political opponents, in the barangays through the medical assistance of Pagcor.
Lachica said the trust and confidence of the electorates for the past three consecutive elections will remove doubts of his capacity to launch another mayoral campaign.
Lachica’s leading rivals are Kalibo Sangguniang Bayan member and Tibyog Akean leader Mark Quimpo, retired police general Efren Fernandez of Grupong Handum and businessman-independent candidate Pablo Beltran, Jr.
A candidate is considered nuisance, according to Section 69 of the Omnibus Election Code, if it is shown in his certificate of candidacy (COC) that he intend to “put the election process in mockery or disrepute or to cause confusion among the voters by the similarity of the names of the registered candidates.”
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan – Branding him as a ‘nuisance candidate’ by critics, former Kalibo vice mayor William Lachica said he will continue his quest for the top post in the capital town of Aklan in the May 10, 2010 elections.
Lachica, who is running as Kalibo mayor under Bigkis Pinoy, stressed the allegation of being a nuisance candidate following his three consecutive defeats since 2001, against incumbent Kalibo mayor Raymar Rebaldo, has no basis at all.
“I started as barangay kagawad of Andagao, then barangay captain and Sangguniang Bayan for two terms of Kalibo and vice mayor of Kalibo against a formidable opponent. I ran but lost for the mayoral post in a close fight, how could they say I’m a nuisance candidate,” Lachica said, a close friend of Philippine Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) chairman Efraim Genuino, over DyRG Budyong ng Kalibo.
The soft-spoken Bigkis Pinoy leader had helped many poor and deserving Aklanons, including supporters of his political opponents, in the barangays through the medical assistance of Pagcor.
Lachica said the trust and confidence of the electorates for the past three consecutive elections will remove doubts of his capacity to launch another mayoral campaign.
Lachica’s leading rivals are Kalibo Sangguniang Bayan member and Tibyog Akean leader Mark Quimpo, retired police general Efren Fernandez of Grupong Handum and businessman-independent candidate Pablo Beltran, Jr.
A candidate is considered nuisance, according to Section 69 of the Omnibus Election Code, if it is shown in his certificate of candidacy (COC) that he intend to “put the election process in mockery or disrepute or to cause confusion among the voters by the similarity of the names of the registered candidates.”
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