POLITICAL
FILERS --- Shown
right to left are incumbent Vice Mayor Abdullah “Bedz” A. Campong and Atty.
Ruben Platon as they file their respective COCs
for the mayoralty race in South Upi, Maguindanao. With them is vice mayoralty
aspirant Mohamad Digo U. Omar, Jr. (Anne Acost
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SOUTH UPI,
Maguindanao ---Re-electionist Mayor Reynalbert Insular of this town is
facing three rivals for the local chief executive post.
The
incumbent municipal vice mayor of this town, Abdullah ‘Bedz” A. Campong, has
filed his certificate of candidacy last October 17 for the mayoralty, the
position he held previously for three consecutive years (2007-2016). CLICK HERE TO READ MORE....
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U. Omar,Jr. is Campong’s running mateunder PDP-Laban. Their party ticket for
the Sangguniang Bayan also filed their candidacies for the 2019 midterm
elections.
Atty.
Ruben Platon, the only official candidate under the Liberal Party in South Upi, has also filed
his mayoralty candidacy in the race against Insular with whom he has electoral
protest but has not yet been resolved by the Commission on Elections.
Platon
protested the proclamation of Insular in the May 2016 election due to alleged
ballot rigging.
Another
mayoralty candidate is Deonato Mokodef.
Vice
Mayor Campong, in an interview, said his family has previously begged him to
give up politics due to health condition, but public demand wants him to
continue his political stewardship.
“Despite
family decision to forego politics, the religious sector, group of elders,
tribal leaders, educators, employees, and barangay chairmen and officials have
kept pushing my family for me to run again as municipal mayor in the May 2019
polls,” Campong said.
In
a bit of conscience following the public clamor, Campong said he was made to
rethink the family decision or position, finally deciding not to decline the
clamour of the people “for my services as a public servant.”
“Perhaps
the people here are satisfied and contented with my administration, political
performance, and accomplishments when then their municipal mayor,” he said in
accepting once again the call for political leadership.
In
the 2016 local government elections, Atty. Platon run as mayor with Campong as
running mate, but the former lost to Insular under protest. (Anne
Acosta)
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