GUNNING FOR LAST TERM. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, accompanied by his wife Elsa, files his certificate of candidacy for his third and last term before the Commission on Elections on Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2021). Leonardia, who heads the local coalition Grupo Progreso, is the official candidate of the Nacionalista Party for the mayoral race in the May 2022 elections.(Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Evelio Leonardia filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for a third and final term on Wednesday this time, under the Villar-led Nacionalista Party (NP). "We are now officially part of the Nacionalista Party," Leonardia said in a press conference held before noon, after which his group heard a mass and submitted their COCs before the Commission on Elections. Leonardia, who heads the local coalition Grupo Progreso, has been a long-time member of the Nationalist's People Coalition (NPC) founded by his political backer, the late Ambassador Eduardo Coj