Thursday, January 11, 2007 Father, daughter to swap posts in May polls
URDANETA Vice Mayor Charizzma Salud Carancho and her father, Pangasinan Fifth District Board Member Emmanuel Carancho, will exchange positions in the upcoming May elections.
The elder Carancho is in his third and last term as board member and is eyeing his daughter's current position, while the vice mayor will attempt to go back to the Provincial Board (PB) where she was once a member as sectoral representative. The younger Carancho served as president of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL)-Pangasinan chapter from 2001 to 2004.
Political observers said Chu is "a shoo-in to one of the two seats for regular board members."
Emmanuel is confident his daughter will make it as "they have done their best to serve their constituents."
Years ago, Emmanuel started an outreach program called Saranay Dagiti Marigrigat (Assistance for the Poor). Through the program, the board member said they give free medicines, casket, and burial services to indigent families. He said they are also going around the district to give relief goods during calamities.
Chu acknowledged that she benefits from the "good deeds of her father."
"Very often, people approach me saying they are friends of my father, that my father had helped them in the past. It seems that he (Emmanuel) was able to establish good relationship with the barangay folks and I admire him so much for that," she said.
Chu, a businesswoman, is the only child of Emmanuel who followed his political footstep.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel will be running for vice mayor under Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. who will seek reelection bid. (LCMY/Sunnex)
