TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite: The coming elections may be for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials, but that does not mean that mayors and their political rivals can t get into the action.On Friday, October 20, the city s chief executive was accused of fraud and vote buying by a former mayor.Melencio de Sagun Jr., the former mayor, went to the Trece Martires City Police Office and filed a complaint against the incumbent Gemma Lubigan.In de Sagun s statement to the police, he alleged that Lubigan had gathered residents and voters at the Queen s Joy Resort in Barangay San Agustin at around 9:30 a.m. on Friday.He accused the mayor of giving money to the voters in exchange for votes in the October 30 polls.The police are currently investigating the complaint filed by the former mayor.The police also forwarded the complaint to Trece Martires City election officer James Andrew Recio.Mayor Lubigan could not be reached for comment.
The Random Manual Audit (RMA) of the recently-concluded Cavite special elections yielded an accuracy rate of 99.95968 percent, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced.
Residents cast their votes for the special election of the representative of the 7th District of Cavite at Banaba Cerca I
DESPITE a low voter turnout that dismayed the Commission on Elections chief, the Comelec on Sunday proclaimed the son of Justice Secretary Jesus “Boying” Remulla as the winner in the special elections held to fill the post of 7th District Representative that he vacated when he assumed the DOJ top post.…
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Commission on Elections
(MANILA BULLETIN)
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaimed Crispin Diego “Ping” Remulla, the son of Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, as the new representative of the 7th district of Cavite.
Remulla garnered a total of 98,474 votes,