Re-electionists win in E. Samar

By MEDORA NB QUIRANTE
May 18, 2013

BORONGAN CITY – The recently concluded 2013 midterm elections revealed incumbent leaders are favored by majority of the province’s voters.

Liberal Party bets re-electionist Governor Conrado B. Nicart, Jr. and re-electionist Congressman Ben P. Evardone led in the polls and were proclaimed winners a few hours before midnight on May 16.

Nicart won by a margin of over 15,000 votes over challenger former Sulat mayor Javier Zacate.

Of the ten provincial board members elected, six are also incumbent officials: Atty. Byron Suyot, Joji Montallana, Atty. Celestino Cabato, Gorgonio Cabacaba, Jonas Abuda, Jenny Baldono.

Borongan City voters also re-elected mayor Maria Fe R. Abunda and running-mate Fidel V. Anacta, Jr.

All members of the city board who run for re-election also won: Napoleon Bebita, Dan Villarino, Aurora Anasarias, Estanislao Quelitano, and Jennifer Anacio.

In Dolores, the third largest town in terms of number of registered voters, re-electionist Mayor Emiliana Villacarillo enjoyed a landslide victory over challenger Franc Lucero.

Out of 20 local chief executives who ran for re-election, 15 were successful in getting another three-year term; among them, the incumbent governor’s son Conrado U. Nicart III of San Policarpo and Zacate’s wife, Virginia Zacate of Sulat.

Giporlos voters also re-elected Mark Biong whose father previously served as town mayor for three consecutive terms.

The COMELEC also proclaimed former provincial engineer Marcelo Ferdinand Picardal as vice-governor – a seat formerly held by now Guiuan Municipal Mayor-Elect Christopher Sheen P. Gonzales.