Mandaue Metropolis Councilor Editha Cabahug. Picture: Editha Flores-Cabahug Fb Web page
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Mandaue Metropolis Councilor Editha Flores-Cabahug has handed away, her son, Barangay Looc Captain Raul Kevin Cabahug, confirmed in a social media submit on Wednesday, Might 7, simply 4 days earlier than the nationwide and native elections.
Based on Kevin, his mom died after battling ovarian most cancers. She was in search of re-election within the upcoming Might 12 polls.
Fee on Elections (Comelec) Area 7 Director Atty. Francisco Pobe, in a media interview on Might 8, mentioned that underneath election legal guidelines, a political occasion might nominate an alternative choice to a deceased candidate, supplied that the alternative has the identical surname.
“The case ought to be filed with the election officer, with the loss of life certificates hooked up for submission to the Comelec Regulation Division for advisory,” Pobe defined.
“The interpretation is that votes solid for the deceased candidate will depend towards the alternative,” he added.
Pobe additional famous that the substitution have to be submitted by midday on the day earlier than the election.
Workforce Mandaue standard-bearer, former Mayor Jonas Cortes, expressed unhappiness over Councilor Editha’s passing. He confirmed that Kevin will function her substitute candidate. Kevin is a former metropolis councilor.
The group is at present processing Kevin’s oath of workplace as a member of One Mandaue, the political occasion of the group.
They’re additionally making ready the required paperwork, together with Editha’s loss of life certificates and Kevin’s certificates of candidacy.
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