By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—Incumbent Mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas filed
her certificate of candidacy (COC) on October 11, 2018 for her third and final
term.
Her running mate is her son,
current Laoag City government administrator John Michael V. Fariñas.
Prior to her official filing,
they had a mass at the Laoag City Basketball Court, which non-government
organizations, barangay officials and the public attended.
In her speech after the mass,
Mrs. Fariñas thanked incumbent Laoag councilors Roger John Farinas and Shirley O.
Sin; former Laoag councilors Sonia B. Siazon, Joseph Tamayo, Yvonne Ranada,
Derick Lao, and new face Jardin O. Sin, son Mrs. Sin.
She also stressed that they
will not resort to substitution as far as her own family is concerned.
Mr. Fariñas, in his speech,
recalled the past elections in which the mayor and the late Laoag Vice Mayor
Michael V. Farinas strongly supported the group even though they ran unopposed.
He said that even though his father
has already gone, he is here to continue into his footsteps, especially on what
his father dreamed for Laoag City and the people of Laoag.
“Ita ngarud, dumawatak iti suporta, ayat ken talek yo. Believe me
when I tell you, sisasagana ak a tumulong
ken denggen amin a problema iti Laoag City,” the younger Fariñas said.
“No siasinno man wennu adda man makalaban ko appo, I challenge him a
rugyanan na met iti tumulong uray awan
pay iti posisyon na,” he added.
After the mass, Mrs. Farinas
led her group and proceeded immediately to the city elections office for the
COC filing.
Also filing their COCs with
Mrs. Fariñas and her son are re-electionist councilor Roger John Farinas,
Jardin O. Sin, Evangeline Lao, wife of Derick Lao, and former councilor Sonia
Siazon, all running for council seats under the PDP-Laban party.
In a press interview later, Mrs.
Fariñas expressed her dismay with some of the incumbent Laoag councilors who
made their earlier promises and assurances that they will join her political
group. She however did not name those councilors.
The
Ilocos Times learned that incumbent city
councilors who were not around during the mass and filing were Laoag councilors
Handy Lao, Roque Benjamin Ablan, Portia Pamela Salenda, Edison Bonoan, and
Ferdinand Domingo.
“There’s nothing
worse than a person who cannot stand by his/her word. Uray ngata kasanut kinabaknang mo ken kinalaing mo no awan prinsipyom
wennu awan pagtaktakderam ket para kaniyak a nanumo I give so much
importance diay sarita nga inibbatak,” she
said.
“The only way nga ibatik iti maysa a kadwa ket no sika ti
umuna a mangaramid kaniyak iti madi. Naundurak met a tao e. Kaya ka met a
pakawanen ken pagtiyagaan but you have to admit nga adda met kamalim,” she added.
She disclosed that she waited
for them up to the last minute because she took their words “We are for you” seriously, but they did
not show up.
“Father forgive
them for they know not what they are doing,”
the mayor ended as she described those who allegedly broke their promises.
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