The protests and petition may take longer than usual, with tough cause of complaint: in Mandaue City and Cebu City, alleged failure or manipulation of machines and, in Lapu-Lapu City, vote buying.
The protests of Mandaue’s Jonas Cortes and Cebu City’s Mike Rama were separately filed last week before Comelec in Manila.
‘Extrinsic and intrinsic fraud’
Jonas Cortes -- through Cabrido and Associates Law Firm (Attorneys Benjamin A. Cabrido Jr. and Mary Joan M. Dulhao) -- cites extrinsic and intrinsic fraud to support his protest against the 2025 election results in Mandaue City.
‘Extrinsic and intrinsic fraud’
Jonas Cortes -- through Cabrido and Associates Law Firm (Attorneys Benjamin A. Cabrido Jr. and Mary Joan M. Dulhao) -- cites extrinsic and intrinsic fraud to support his protest against the 2025 election results in Mandaue City.
No end yet to the Gwen-this-Pam-that show in media?
THEY haven’t stopped. Social media posts retrieved from the campaign but altered to ridicule Gov. Gwen Garcia.
Video clips from Capitol’s Sugbo News highlighting accomplishments, from the boost to small businesses to the restored pulpit panels of Boljoon. These are campaign spillovers, which may not end soon, depending on when each warring side will leave the other publicly.
The Pam Baricuatro camp cannot yet get over its joy over the “massive upset” while Gwen Garcia supporters still have to accept the stunning election numbers.
Why the substitutions, eliminations in Cabinet: Needs of the country, according to President Marcos Jr., require “a renewed alignment, faster execution and a results-first mindset.”
Speaking of results, the President’s slate won only six of 12 seats in the May 12, 2025 election for senators.
Which, Malacañang watchers say, primarily prompted the Cabinet changes. Apparently though, as of last weekend, the President was not totally ready with the names to let go and to keep. Only seven names were mentioned in the announcement.
In that first round, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco, the only Cebuana in BBM’s Cabinet, was not included in the list of those retained or replaced. Garcia-Frasco offered her courtesy resignation Thursday, May 22.