Widow of slain barangay chief bet wins in Pangasinan
>> Friday, November 10, 2023
By Gabriel L. Cardinoza
DAGUPAN CITY — The widow of the candidate for village chief, who was shot and killed eight days before the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), is now the new village captain of Barangay Bayaoas in Aguilar, Pangasinan.
Provincial election supervisor Marino Salas said that Jacqueline Flormata was among the 1,364 Pangasinan village heads proclaimed as winners by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday.
Flormata filed her certificate of candidacy as a substitute for her husband, Arnel Flormata, who was shot and killed while campaigning in their village on October 22.
Jacqueline defeated the incumbent village chief, Maria Magnolia Gelido, 58, who was arrested after she was tagged as the alleged mastermind in the shooting of Flormata.
Salas also said the alleged gunman, Kelly Doroy Rosario, 54, lost in his candidacy as village councilor in Barangay Dorongan Punta, Mangatarem town.
In Malasiqui town, Salvador Tan Garcia, an incumbent village councilor, is now the new village chief of Barangay Asin East.
Garcia was wounded after he was shot last October 3.
Salas said that despite the two shooting incidents during the election period, Monday’s BSKE was “generally peaceful and orderly.”
He thanked the Regional Police Office 1 in San Fernando City, La Union, for sending policemen to augment the police forces in Pangasinan.
Additional policemen were assigned in the orange category villages of Bayaoas and Asin East to ensure the security of residents and members of the electoral board.
Salas noted that the voter turnout was high, although he could not yet give the exact number on Wednesday because they have yet to collate the reports from 46 towns and four cities of the province, with more than 2 million registered voters.
Salas said the first village officials to be proclaimed winners were those in the mountain village of Malico in San Nicolas town. They were proclaimed at 6:40 p.m. on Monday, October 30.
He also said that in Rosales town, two candidates for village chief of Barangay Bakit-Bakit — Nelly Espiritu and reelectionist Charlie Pilotin — got 204 votes.
The tie, which was resolved by draw lots, was won by Pilotin, according to Mila Dalutag, Rosales Comelec’s election officer.
Salas said that proclaimed candidates could now assume office.
But he quickly added that proclaimed candidates should first file their respective statement of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) at the local Comelec office, where they will be issued a certificate of compliance before assuming office.
Those who lost are also required to file their respective SOCE by November 29. Salas said those who failed to file their SOCE twice will not be allowed to run in the next election.
There were 57,746 candidates in the province for this year’s BSKE, according to the Comelec provincial office.
Of the number, 3,593 were candidates for village chief, 28,580 for village councilor, 3,878 for SK chairman and 21,706 for SK councilor.
Flormata filed her certificate of candidacy as a substitute for her husband, Arnel Flormata, who was shot and killed while campaigning in their village on October 22.
Jacqueline defeated the incumbent village chief, Maria Magnolia Gelido, 58, who was arrested after she was tagged as the alleged mastermind in the shooting of Flormata.
Salas also said the alleged gunman, Kelly Doroy Rosario, 54, lost in his candidacy as village councilor in Barangay Dorongan Punta, Mangatarem town.
In Malasiqui town, Salvador Tan Garcia, an incumbent village councilor, is now the new village chief of Barangay Asin East.
Garcia was wounded after he was shot last October 3.
Salas said that despite the two shooting incidents during the election period, Monday’s BSKE was “generally peaceful and orderly.”
He thanked the Regional Police Office 1 in San Fernando City, La Union, for sending policemen to augment the police forces in Pangasinan.
Additional policemen were assigned in the orange category villages of Bayaoas and Asin East to ensure the security of residents and members of the electoral board.
Salas noted that the voter turnout was high, although he could not yet give the exact number on Wednesday because they have yet to collate the reports from 46 towns and four cities of the province, with more than 2 million registered voters.
Salas said the first village officials to be proclaimed winners were those in the mountain village of Malico in San Nicolas town. They were proclaimed at 6:40 p.m. on Monday, October 30.
He also said that in Rosales town, two candidates for village chief of Barangay Bakit-Bakit — Nelly Espiritu and reelectionist Charlie Pilotin — got 204 votes.
The tie, which was resolved by draw lots, was won by Pilotin, according to Mila Dalutag, Rosales Comelec’s election officer.
Salas said that proclaimed candidates could now assume office.
But he quickly added that proclaimed candidates should first file their respective statement of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) at the local Comelec office, where they will be issued a certificate of compliance before assuming office.
Those who lost are also required to file their respective SOCE by November 29. Salas said those who failed to file their SOCE twice will not be allowed to run in the next election.
There were 57,746 candidates in the province for this year’s BSKE, according to the Comelec provincial office.
Of the number, 3,593 were candidates for village chief, 28,580 for village councilor, 3,878 for SK chairman and 21,706 for SK councilor.
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