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An
incumbent Panglao councilor is running for barangay captain,
a very unusual decision baffling even his supporters.
Councilor
Cirino Hormachuelos campaigned hard and won his third and
last term as a Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member in the last May
14 election only to file last week his candidacy for barangay
chairman of Bil-isan.
There
has been no report yet of a case similar to that of Hormachuelos
as far as the coming barangay election in Bohol is concerned.
The
only similar case known earlier was that of then incumbent
Danao Councilor Romulo Cepedoza who ran for barangay captain
and grabbed the municipal ABC presidency to prove their political
might.
Cepedoza
is now the ABC head in Bohol and sits in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan
(SP) following the sudden death of Provincial Board Member
Cariso Camacho.
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Hormachuelos
explained to the Chronicle in an exclusive interview
that he just wants to "directly serve the people."
However,
he is interested to sit again in the municipal council
if he wins in the barangay polls this October 29 and
is pushed to the municipal presidency of the Association
of Barangay Councils (ABC).
The
present Panglao ABC head is the barangay captain of
Tawala, Ranulfo Milallos.
Hormachuelos and Milallos belong to the camp of returning
Mayor Benedicto Alcala and Vice Mayor Pedro Fuertes.
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He
is fighting two women candidates for the barangay chairmanship,
namely, incumbent number one barangay kagawad Bernadette Sarahina,
who is a younger sister of defeated independent mayoralty
bet and former town Councilor Marilou Sarahina-Bungabong,
and Lorelie Hormachuelos, who is the wife of his cousin.
Bil-isan's
last-termer captain is Lucas Milana, who is no longer qualified
for reelection.
The
lady Hormachuelos is reportedly an ally of former mayor Doloreich
Dumaluan.
Hormachuelos
(Cirino) said he is not considered resigned until he takes
his oath, as the case may be, as an elected barangay captain.
Thus,
he can still return to his original seat in the municipal
council if in case he is defeated in his barangay bid.
Should
Hormachuelos win as captain, the mayor could appoint somebody
to complete the municipal council.
The
SB has only eight members elected at large since the municipal
presidents of ABC and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) are ex-officio
members of the council.
Dumaluan's
wife Malou placed ninth in the last May 14 polls for councilors,
but Hormachuelos hinted that the mayor would naturally appoint
a group fellow. (ven rebo arigo)
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