Angeles City reelectionist mayor gets landslide victory

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=883988
• Tuesday, May 10, 2016

(PNA), LAP/ZST/MDDR/PS

ANGELES CITY, May 10 (PNA) -- Incumbent Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan is winning with a wide margin against his rival former Senator Lito Lapid.

Based on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) mirror server representing 99.62 percent of the election returns or 264 of the 265 election returns (142,389 of 175,432 registered voters) in this city as of press time, Pamintuan garnered 76,272 votes against Lapid’s 45,564. Vega only had more than 12,000 votes.

"I am overwhelmed by the love and support of the people of Angeles. This is a clear manifestation of the continuing trust that the Angelenos have placed upon our administration," he said.

Pamintuan made history again as he successfully defeated a national political figure in the person of Lapid.

On the other hand, Pamintuan’s vice mayoral candidate Bryan Matthew Nepomuceno won with a large margin against rivals Tony Mamac, Arvin Suller and Willie Rivera.

Pamintuan has vowed to continue his programs and projects for the city, including the state-of-the-art command center, public cemetery, creation of a boulevard, free education at City College of Angeles, pacemaker placement at Ospital Ning Angeles, expansion of the Dialysis Center of ONA, among others.

This will be Pamintuan’s 5th term as mayor of the city (he got elected twice in the '90s).

Also, seven of his 10 candidates for councilor got a seat at the city council namely Jericho Aguas, Edu Pamintuan, Alex Indiongco, Alfie Bonifacio, Dan Lacson, Amos Rivera and Jae Vincent Flores.

Meanwhile, the Pampanga Provincial Board of Canvassers ordered a recess from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday pending the canvassing of votes from its 19 towns and 2 cities following the malfunctioned vote counting machines in Barangay Calibutbut, Bacolor town.

Awaiting to be proclaimed are Governor-elect Lilia G. Pineda, Vice Governor-elect Dennis Pineda, Pampanga Representatives-elect Carmelo Lazatin II (1st district); Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2nd district); Aurelio Gonzales Jr. (3rd district); and Juan Pablo Bondoc (4th district).