By Mortz C. Ortigoza
Kapitan Butch Merrera won a closed election contest against rival's Kap Jonas Rosario for the presidency of the Liga ng mga Barangays in the acrimonious political town of Binmaley where Butch's Mayor brod Pete and Jonas' Vice Mayor father Sam are bitter political nemesis.
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Malindong Brgy. Chairman Butch Merrera (left photo) and rival for the
Liga ng mga Barangays Presidency Jonas Rosario. |
Together with the mayor's six Councilors' allies (who defected from the Vice Mayor) , the opinionated and pugnacious Butch becomes a new member of the Sangguniang Bayan (lawmaking body) against the three opposition solons and Vice Mayor Sam Rosario. Rosario is a former three-term mayor of the first class coastal town of Pangasinan.
He is seen to duke-out for the mayoralty against Mayor Merrera in the 2025 electoral derby. Merrera trounced out his son's Jonas in the May 9, 2022 election.
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Wife of outgoing ABC (Association of Barangay Captains - the precursor of the Liga) President Rolly Abalos of Mangaldan decked out the brother of Region -1 Medical Center Roland Mejia by 18 to 12 votes for the Presidency of the League of Barangays known too as ABC Presidency. Winner here becomes an ex-officio councilor of the law making body.
Mejia son's Vice Mayor Mark Stephen de Venecia-Mejia is seen by political kibitzers to challenge the reelection on May 2025 of Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno.
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Jong Caburao wins the presidency of Liga ng mga Barangays against Ramon Subido in closed competition where Jong and Ramon settled for 10-9 votes among the Kapitans of Sual - the richest LGU per capita in Pangasinan. Subido - the Kap of the Poblacion - is former ally of the Arcinues that turned coat to Mayor Dong Calugay and later turned coat to the Celestes.
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According to my source who asked for anonymity, in one of the elections for the Liga each of the voter-Kapitan had received P100 thousand pakurong or was bought for his vote by the candidate.
"P50 thousand galing sa kandidato, P50, 000 galing kay Congressman dahil ally ni Cong si Kap," he told me.
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