The mayor of Olongapo withdraws his candidacy and asks his son to run

The mayor of Olongapo withdraws his candidacy and asks his son to run

OLONGAPO: A gesture that surprised many people here, the mayor of the city, Rolen Paulino, went to the office of the Elections Commission (Comelec) on Thursday and withdrew his candidacy.

The son of Paulino, lawyer of the same name, Rolen Paulino, Jr. has applied for mayor of the city.

The very popular mayor reelector, who is part of the Nacionalista party, is preparing to win his third term as head of the city.

However, with his deputy mayor and the members of the town councils except two, he was serving his six-month suspension ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman from September 3, 2018 to March 3, 2019 for simple misconduct of the long-term tenancy of State-owned property to the giant mall operator of the country, SM.

The political clan Gordon introduced the wife of the former mayor and first district representative, James "Bong" Gordon Jr., as mayor of the city.

According to the lawyer Marvyn Gaerlan, head of Comelec in Olongapo, the electoral body has registered the last day of the submission of the candidacy for candidate substitution the withdrawal of a candidate for the post of city councilor and substitution between the outgoing mayor and his son.

Vicente "Govic" Magsaysay, who applied as a representative of the first district of Zambales, also withdrew his CdC and was replaced by his daughter-in-law, former Congresswoman Mitos Magsaysay, who served three consecutive terms as the first Zambales District Representative. and was an honored recipient of the Hall of Fame as a most outstanding member of Congress.

She is facing Jeffrey Khonghun, the first District Representative in office, who is also running for her third term.