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Local elections were held in Makati on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen, and the eight councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.
Background
[edit]Acting Mayor Kid Peña will run for the mayoral position against a "still to be determined" mayoralty bet from the United Nationalist Alliance.[1] That "still to be determined" candidate turned out to be outgoing 2nd District Representative Mar-Len Abigail "Abby" Binay-Campos, who replaced her brother Junjun. Binay was disqualified for running by the Ombudsman due to the overpriced Makati City Hall II Parking building anomaly.[2]
Aside from Peña and Binay, Theater and Stage Play director Jimboy Jumawan is reportedly running for Mayor under the banner of Partido Bagong Maharlika party.[3]
In the Vice Mayoralty election, Makati 1st District Representative Monique Lagdameo of UNA and Karla Mercado of Liberal, the daughter of former Makati vice mayor and primary witness of Binay's corruption cases, Ernesto Mercado, declared their candidacy for Vice Mayor.[3] Lagdameo and Mercado will also face PBM's Edgardo Padrigon and Glenn Enciso for the vice mayoralty race.
On March 18, Binay, Jumawan and Peña signed a peace covenant, pledging for a secured and peaceful elections in Makati, the peace covenant signing happened in a pre-campaign period event organized by COMELEC, PNP and PPCRV at the University of Makati grounds.[4]
Campaign
[edit]Binay and Peña started their campaigns on March 28, 2016, 2 days after the start of the local candidates' campaign period.[5] Incumbent mayor Kid Peña holds his proclamation rally, together with his running mate Karla Mercado at the Plaza Lawton to jump start his campaign dubbed as "Bagong Makati" (The New Makati). He stated that the major supporters and former allies of the Binay family are backing out their support to the Binays and they are campaigned for Peña's candidacy.[6]
Binay formally started their campaign at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue, Pasong Tamo and P. Ocampo Extension. Jejomar Binay, Abby's father and presidential candidate for the United Nationalist Alliance, Jejomar Binay, and his running mate Gregorio Honasan were present in the rally.[7] Binay said after the rally that her surname is a "blessing" and a "curse", despite being part of a political dynasty.[8]
Her brother, Junjun Binay was affected on the corruption issues faced him by his critics and enemies and he criticized Peña's performance as mayor of Makati. He also criticized Pena's affiliated party, the Liberal Party due to vote buying.[9]
Candidates
[edit]Representative
[edit]Incumbent Rep. Monique Lagdameo decided not to seek re-election in order to run for Vice Mayor. Ichi Yabut was supposed to run under the United Nationalist Alliance, but declared that she will instead seek re-election for councilor. Actor and councilor Monsour del Rosario took her stead.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UNA | Manuel Monsour del Rosario | 76,728 | 60.27 | |
Liberal | Nico Garcia | 38,377 | 30.14 | |
NPC | Willy Talag | 6,043 | 4.75 | |
Independent | Eugenia Carreon | 3,580 | 2.81 | |
Independent | Lourdesiree Latimer | 2,584 | 2.03 | |
Total votes | 127,312 | 100.00 | ||
UNA hold |
Incumbent representative Mar-Len Abigail "Abby" Binay-Campos is term-limited; she will run as city mayor. Her husband, Luis Campos would run under her party, the United Nationalist Alliance, running against Israel "Boyet" Cruzado, a city councilor for the district.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UNA | Luis Campos | 79,748 | 54.01 | |
Liberal | Israel Cruzado | 62,145 | 42.09 | |
PBM | Levi Perez | 3,394 | 2.30 | |
Independent | Joel Sarza | 1,248 | 0.85 | |
Independent | Marvin "Vin" Porciuncula | 1,111 | 0.75 | |
Total votes | 147,646 | 100.00 | ||
UNA hold |
Mayor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNA | Mar-Len Abigail "Abby" S. Binay-Campos | 160,320 | 52.66 | |||
Liberal | Romulo "Kid" Pena, Jr. | 142,257 | 46.73 | |||
PBM | Jimmy "Jimboy" Jumawan | 1,823 | 0.61 | |||
Total votes | 304,400 | 100.00 | ||||
UNA gain from Liberal |
Vice Mayor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNA | Monique Lagdameo | 172,950 | 60.12 | |||
Liberal | Karla Mercado | 107,488 | 37.37 | |||
Independent | Glenn Enciso | 5,271 | 1.83 | |||
PBM | Edgardo Padrigon | 1,948 | 0.68 | |||
Total votes | 287,657 | 100.00 | ||||
UNA gain from Liberal |
Councilors
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UNA | Virgilio "Jhong" Hilario Jr.[10] | 80,692 | ||
UNA | Ferdinand Eusebio | 68,689 | ||
UNA | Rico J. Puno | 65,674 | ||
UNA | Ma. Concepcion "Ichi" M. Yabut | 65,081 | ||
UNA | Mayeth Casal-Uy | 62,299 | ||
UNA | Romeo Medina | 61,271 | ||
UNA | Ma. Arlene M. Ortega | 57,659 | ||
UNA | Luis "Jojo" Javier | 54,653 | ||
Liberal | Jose "Joey" Villena IV | 53,015 | ||
Liberal | Virgilio "Battle" Batalla | 46,790 | ||
Liberal | Jessielin "Jessy" Trinidad | 45,642 | ||
Liberal | Mario "Buboy" D. Cruz Jr. | 44,585 | ||
Liberal | Nilo "Bobbit" Lopez Jr. | 44,217 | ||
Liberal | Raymond "Isko" Kahiwat | 35,632 | ||
Liberal | Jocelyn "Chuh" Hernandez | 35,462 | ||
Liberal | Victorio "Papa Vic" Umandap | 30,994 | ||
Independent | Raul "Oloy" Javier | 13,269 | ||
Independent | Ricardo "Ric Nepo" Nepomuceno | 11,070 | ||
Lakas | Anthony Lichauco | 9,355 | ||
Independent | Francisco Dizon | 7,987 | ||
Independent | Erlinda "Linda" Gutierrez | 7,250 | ||
Lakas | Ruben Enciso | 6,681 | ||
Independent | George Corpuz | 6,046 | ||
Independent | Razel Granada | 5,733 | ||
Independent | Ton Hernandez | 5,695 | ||
Independent | Armando Nayve | 5,648 | ||
Independent | Gerard Reyes | 5,507 | ||
Independent | Restituto "Resty" Balane | 5,358 | ||
PBM | Roderick "Bunso" Leuterio | 4,398 | ||
Independent | Jan Martti Gregonia | 3,906 | ||
Independent | Carlos Tort, Jr. | 3,587 | ||
Total votes |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UNA | Nemesio "King" S. Yabut, Jr. | 84,741 | ||
UNA | Nelson "Doc" S. Pasia | 82,512 | ||
Liberal | Leonardo M. Magpantay | 81,094 | ||
UNA | Mary Ruth C. Tolentino | 77,709 | ||
UNA | Divina Jacome | 77,144 | ||
UNA | Evelyn Delfina "Bing" E. Villamor | 71,950 | ||
UNA | Grazielle Iony De Lara-Bes | 70,460 | ||
Liberal | Shirley "Aspi" Aspillaga | 70,409 | ||
UNA | Jeline "Baby" M. Olfato | 62,953 | ||
Liberal | Kristina T. Sarosa | 54,764 | ||
UNA | Arleen Pangilinan | 54,353 | ||
Liberal | Artemio "Art" Contreras II | 50,987 | ||
Liberal | Judith Baquiran-Celos | 45,679 | ||
Liberal | Jeffrey E. Baluyut | 44,652 | ||
Liberal | Hilario "Larry" Lorico | 44,520 | ||
Liberal | Efren Arenas | 44,228 | ||
PDP–Laban | Nemesio "Nessie" C. Alvior | 24,477 | ||
Lakas | Bobby Brillante | 20,626 | ||
PBM | Protacio Alba | 6,397 | ||
PBM | Jessica Talipan | 5,637 | ||
PBM | Arturo Ecleo | 4,961 | ||
Independent | Rommel Sorita | 4,783 | ||
Total votes |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kid Peña files COC for Makati City mayor". GMA News. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ^ "Junjun out, Abi in". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ a b "3 bets for Makati mayor: What do Binay, Jumawan, Peña promise?". Rappler. January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ Villas-Alavaren, Anna Liza (March 18, 2016). "Makati mayoral bets sign peace covenant". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ "Metro Manila politicians launch bids". The Philippine Star. March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Bigornia, Doris (March 28, 2016). "Kid Peña, muling babanggain ang mga Binay sa Makati". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Ilas, Joyce (March 28, 2016). "Rep. Abby Binay up against Makati mayor Kid Peña". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (March 28, 2016). "Abby Binay on surname: Both blessing and curse". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ "JUNJUN BINAY, BINATIKOS ANG PAMAMALAKAD NI KID PENA SA MAKATI". News5 Everywhere. March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ "Jhong Hilario to run for councilor in Makati". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved October 14, 2015.