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Comelec rules insufficient recall move vs husband-wife tandem in Abra town

DOLORES, Abra – The Commission on Elections junked a recall petition filed against Dolores mayor Albert Guzman and his wife, Vice Mayor Socorro Guzman.

The Comelec last week ruled the recall petition filed by Cosmele Bringas was insufficient in form and substance.

Bringas, a retired teacher from Poblacion, Dolores, said in her petition town projects’ implementation were not done in compliance to government regulations.

She filed her petition with the Come­lec on July 28 against the Guzman couple.

The vice mayor is a younger sister of former Gov. Vicente Valera who was tagged in the assassination of Abra Rep. Luis Bersamin.

The former governor was linked by authorities to other killings in the province. Comelec has placed as top priority the junked recall petition to be decided in the country among 16 other cases.