Reyes insists she won Marinduque congressional race
MANILA, Philippines - “Even in his hometown, I defeated him.”
Thus said Marinduque Rep. Gina Reyes as she insisted yesterday that she won over Lord Alan Jay Velasco in the May 13 polls.
In a statement, Reyes said it is clear that she won the Marinduque congressional race, beating Velasco, the then incumbent, by about 3,800-plus votes. Reyes garnered a total of 52,209 votes.
She added that even in Torrijos, Velasco’s hometown, she won after getting 6,151 votes compared to Velasco’s 6,047 votes.
“This proves that even the hometown of Velasco was not happy with his performance. Otherwise, being the incumbent then, he should have won by a landslide,” she said.
Reyes said she wondered “why it seems that it is only the Comelec (Commission on Elections) and the SC (Supreme Court) that want Velasco to win. Clearly, Marinduque (folk) wanted me to represent them in Congress.”
