The Love Negros and United Negros Alliance (Unega) coalition in the First District of Negros Occidental has endorsed the tandem of Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer as they both seek re-election in May next year, an official said Sunday.
San Carlos City Mayor Renato Gustilo said that incumbent Negros Occidental First District Rep. Gerardo Valmayor and former congressman Julio Ledesma IV also endorsed the coalition candidates and the candidacies of Lacson and Ferrer, who attended the activity at the 10.9 Resto Grand function room in the city on Friday, September 10,
Lacson also endorsed the re-election bids of Gustilo, Marilyn Era, Melecio Yap and Marxlene dela Cruz as mayors of San Carlos City, Calatrava town, Escalante City and Don Salvador Benedicto, respectively, and their respective vice mayors as and councilors under the Team Unity banner.
But, Gustilo clarified that Love Negros will have a candidate for mayor in Toboso, after a negotiation ended unsuccessful.
UnegA is also fielding theirs.
Gustilo said that the coalition of Love Negros and UnegA in Don Salvador Benedicto, as organized by Valmayor, however, turned successful.
First District Board Members Rommel Delgado and Araceli Somosa of Love Negros also endorsed the Lacson-Ferrer tandem.
So far, more than a dozen mayors in the Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts earlier endorsed Lacson and Ferrer.
Lacson, for his part, thanked First District officials for endorsing him and that of Ferrer’s candidacy for next year’s elections. (TDE)
