Suspended Mandaue Metropolis Mayor Jonas Cortes./ File Picture
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Suspended Mandaue Metropolis Mayor Jonas Cortes will run within the mayoral race for the 2025 midterm elections, with performing Mayor Glenn Bercede as his vice mayor.
Cortes mentioned that the entire lineup of candidates for councilors and the congressional seat remains to be being finalized.
Nevertheless, he famous that it might include incumbent allied metropolis councilors, specifically Marie Imamaline Cortes-Zafra, Jimmy Lumapas, Jennifer Del Mar, Jun Arcilla, Editha Flores Cabahug, Oscar Del Castillo, and Dante Borbajo.
Becoming a member of their lineup are former Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna, Ernie Manatad, Marco Sanchez, and Junjie Espina.
Cortes additionally mentioned that incumbent Provincial Board Member Glenn Soco and outgoing metropolis councilor Malcolm Sanchez will probably be a part of their group as board members.
Cortes made this announcement in the course of the “Storya Ta! A Transfer to Good Governance and Transparency” discussion board with the media on Thursday, Sept. 19, the place he was a particular visitor.
“Klaruhon ta ni ha, aduna manggud ilang gipalakaw nga dili na daw ko kadagan (election). I can nonetheless run unya og manguta sila og modagan gihapon ko (as mayor) with Glenn Bercede,” mentioned Cortes.
“We’ve been collectively since we have been councilors, unya nidagan og congress unya ako board member then again to mayor, then ako vice mayor gihapon. Wala na gud nay mokamang nako, ug naay mokamang, didto diretso sa Mayor kay kahibaw man sila sa akoang loyalty. I at all times rely gyud sa kung unsa ang challenge sa Mayor as kaabag nga dili mobabag,” mentioned Bercede in response to a query about whether or not he had been approached to hitch one other group.
Provincial Board Member Thadeo Jovito “Jonkie” Ouano, brother of Mandaue Metropolis Lone District Consultant Emmarie “Lolypop” Ouano-Dizon, can be reported to run for mayor in subsequent 12 months’s election.
Awaiting Ombudsman’s Discover
In the meantime, Metropolis Administrator Atty. Jamaal James Calipayan mentioned that the camp of Mayor Jonas Cortes had already filed a Movement for Reconsideration (MR) final August 27 to the Workplace of the Ombudsman and is awaiting a discover from them.
Calipayan defined that, within the course of, the complainants can be requested to reply to the MR first, after which the Ombudsman would determine whether or not to request one other reply from the complainants.
“After which they’ll determine. Supposedly underneath the principles inside 5 days, from the time it was submitted for resolution. Modecide na gyud unta sila as a result of dinalian mangyud ni. Mao nay standing— we have now not acquired any response or discover relating to our MR,” mentioned Calipayan.
The Ombudsman suspended Cortes for one 12 months with out pay for grave misconduct, alleging that he appointed an unqualified officer-in-charge of the Metropolis Social Welfare Providers Workplace (CSWSO) in 2022, which was deemed illegal.
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