By Jun
Elias
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The
gubernatorial candidate of the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) Wednesday withdrew
her certificate of candidacy to give way to the brother of incumbent Gov.
Manuel Ortega.
Janet Cartas,
councilor of Barangay Gana in Caba town, withdrew her candidacy a few minutes
before Mario Eduardo Ortega, the governor’s executive assistant, filed his COC
as her substitute.
Cartas picked Mario as
her substitute after Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos approved his candidacy.
Jose Vicente Opinion,
KBL’s chairman and president, issued Mario’s nomination, which was received by
Joel Gines, the Comelec provincial officer.
Mario, a former
national vice president of the Liga ng mga Barangay, will be facing three other
gubernatorial bets, which include his nephew Abono party-list Rep. Francisco
Emmanuel Ortega III, who filed his COC as an independent bet.
The party-list
congressman is a son of Gov. Ortega.
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