MAASIN CITY,
Southern Leyte, Jan. 29 (PNA) -– Local officials in this province assured a
landslide victory for Liberal Party presidential bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas and
vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo in Southern Leyte.
Governor
Roger Mercado, a candidate for congressman in the upcoming elections, said his
assurance is anchored on the Southern Leyte Mayors’ manifesto lead by its
president, Anahawan town Mayor Roberto Loquinte.
In the
manifesto, all the 19 mayors in the province have favorably endorsed Roxas and
Robredo as their candidates this coming elections.
“All the
incumbent mayors could well-convinced their respective constituents in their
bailiwicks to also support Liberal Party standard bearer and his running mate,”
Mercado said.
At the city
gym last week, Roxas made his speech before a thick crowd of supporters and
friends comprising of town mayors, vice mayors, provincial and town
legislators, village chiefs, and youth organizations.
Mercado,
whose brother is a congressman, has been gaining solid support from Southern
Leyte voters. In the 2010 elections, then presidential candidate Gilbert
Teodoro earned a big win in the province as promised by local chief executives.
Southern
Leyte, a third class province has 261,418 registered voters for the May 9, 2016
polls, according to the Commission on Elections. (PNA)
FFC/SQM/QUIRICO M. GORPIDO JR.
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