Guico Nixes Analogy Espino Can Beat Him

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

URDANETA CITY – A congressional candidate disagreed with the prognosis of a pundit here that re-elective 5^th District Representative Amado T. Espino, Jr can easily beat him.  

“Ano ang nakasulat sa billboard sa Villasis, nakalagay sa billboard ko sa Urdaneta City? Ang nakasulat na tag line ko “Kasama Kita”. Wala akong sinasabing apelyido. Kasi siya ang kasama niya isang tao lang. Ako kasama ko ang constituents ng buong 5^th District ng Pangasinan,” stressed by exiting Binalonan Mayor Ramon “Monmon” Guicio, III to the query of this writer that he will be facing a tough fight with Espino being supported by political heavyweights in this city.

The pundit was columnist Ed Ferrer, a high school classmate of the incumbent solon.

CHALLENGE - Binalonan Mayor Ramon “Mon-Mon” V. Guico III (left) challenges for the May 13 polls political heavyweight Pangasinan incumbent Fifth Congressional District Representative Amado T. Espino  Jr. The young Guico’s family is into aeronautical industry while Espino is retired police official who became governor for nine years.

Ferrer explained that Pangasinan Governor Amado I.Espino, III, the namesake and son of the congressman, beat former District Representative Mark O. Cojuangco in the May 9, 2016 election.

He cited that Espino beat Cojuangco despite the support of former mayor, former congressman, and then Ambassador Amadito Perez and his son this burgeoning city’s mayor Amadeo Gregorio “Bobom” Perez IV.

In that election the young Espino clobbered with 129, 403 votes Cojuangco who settled with 86, 458 or a lead votes of 42, 945 that helped Espino win his re-election for the governorship in the six districts’ province.

“How can Guico beat seasoned Congressman Espino where the Perezes of Urdaneta support now Espino?,” Ferrer posed to this writer.

In the eight towns one city’s district , Urdaneta City has the most numbers of voters with 87, 916 (Comelec November 2018 data)  followed by  Pozorrubio with 47, 659.

Binalonan has 36, 717 voters only.
The district has 324,319 voters making her  third in the most number of voters in the six districts' province.

The young Guico is the son of an illustrious political family in that town.