Mandaue Metropolis Councilor Editha Cabahug. Photograph: 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.
In line with Kevin, his mom died after battling ovarian most cancers. She was looking for 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 social gathering could nominate an alternative choice to a deceased candidate, offered that the alternative has the identical surname.
“The case must be filed with the election officer, with the demise certificates hooked up for submission to the Comelec Legislation Division for advisory,” Pobe defined.
“The interpretation is that votes solid for the deceased candidate will rely towards the alternative,” he added.
Pobe additional famous that the substitution should be submitted by midday on the day earlier than the election.
Crew 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 workforce is at present processing Kevin’s oath of workplace as a member of One Mandaue, the political social gathering of the workforce.
They’re additionally getting ready the mandatory paperwork, together with Editha’s demise certificates and Kevin’s certificates of candidacy.
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