Rep. Enrique “Tet” Garcia of the second district filed his COC for vice-governor of his son, re-electionist Gov. Albert “Abet” Garcia.
Tet and Abet are just to complete in 2016 the first term in their respective positions. Father and son with their 10 candidates for the provincial board submitted their COCs at the provincial office of the Commission on Elections here.
Balanga City Mayor Jose Enrique “Joet” Garcia III registered his COC as candidate for congressman of the province’s second district presently occupied by his father. Joet is to on his third and last term as city mayor.
Filling the position to be vacated by Joet as Balanga City mayor is their youngest brother Francis Garcia, a financial analyst and member of the Board of Directors of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
Seeking re-election as mayor of Dinalupihan, Bataan is Maria Gila Garcia.
She is on her second term.
Francis and Gila registered their candidacy at the Comelec offices in Balanga and Dinalupihan, respectively.
Tet and his four children are under the banner of the National Unity Party that coalesced with the Liberal Party recently. Governor Garcia is NUP president.
Lawyer Gilbert Almario, provincial election supervisor, said no candidate other than Tet for vice-governor, Abet for governor, Joet for second district congressman and Francis for Balanga City mayor filed COC.
With just one vote each in the May 2016 elections, the four are to be declared winners.
Only Gila Garcia has an opponent after former Dinalupihan mayor Lucy Payumo filed her CoC.
