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Bacolod City, Philippines Wednesday, October 3, 2012
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BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

The official candidates of the Nationalists People’s Coalition-Grupo Progreso in Bacolod City for the May 2013 elections marched to the Commissions on Elections Office to file their certificates of candidacy yesterday together with their families, friends, barangay leaders and supporters who all wore red shirts.

Before the filing, the Grupo Progreso candidates headed by congressional candidate Mayor Evelio Leonardia and mayoralty candidate Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayon,heard mass at the San Sebastian Cathedral officiated by Fr. Narciso de la Cruz.

Leonardia and Sayson were appointed last month by the NPC as the party’s district chairman and city chairman, respectively.

Their line-up is composed of three-termer councilor and Bacolod City Water District director Greg Gasataya, who is running for vice mayor, and their candidates for councilor include incumbent Councilors Em Legaspi-Ang, Caesar Distrito, Carlos Jose Lopez, Mona Dia Jardin and Roberto Rojas.

Other candidates for councilor are former councilor and radio broadcaster Alex Paglumotan, former Central Negros Electric Cooperative president Ed Guillem, Coast Guard Auxiliary member and businessman Chito Jalandoni, businessmen Bart Orola, Migs Estrella and Sangguniang Kabataan adviser Israel Salanga.

Andy Leonardia, formerly general manager of VMC Rural Electric Service Cooperative, manager for Administration and Property Department of CENECO and assistant regional manager of National Electrification Administration, is the older brother of Mayor Evelio Leonardia, while Bart Orola, an engineer, is the younger brother of former Bacolod Rep. John Orola.

Andy Leonardia helped transform VRESCO from a Class C to Class A electric cooperative in less than a year, like Guillem who was able to help transform CENECO from a Class B to Class A during his term as president in 2003.

Jalandoni, Salanga, and Andy Leonardia are neophytes in politics.

Distrito, Estrella and Lopez, who filed their COC’s as members of the Nationalista Party, said they will continue their partnership with Grupo Progreso since they have a very good relationship with the members of the party.

Mayor Leonardia is the only mayor of Bacolod who has completed three terms as mayor.

Others who filed their COC’s Monday were retired teacher Ely Sergio Palma who is running as an independent candidate for congressman of Bacolod and Julius Tamayo and Arthur Villadelgado, who are both running as independent candidates for councilors Meanwhile, former Vice Mayor Renecito Novero is filing his COC as an independent candidate for vice mayor on Friday together with four incumbents councilors and two businessmen.

Joining Novero in filing their COC’s on Friday are Councilors El Cid Familiaran, Archie Baribar, Sonya Verdeflor and Elmer Sy and businessmen Bobby Coscolluela and Rocky Lizares, who are all running for councilors as independent candidates.

Novero said they are calling their group the “Magnificent Seven, in an interview over ABS-CBN.” He, with Familiaran, Baribar, Verdeflor and Sy and ran in 2010 under Grupo Serbisyo led by former Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella.*CGS

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