In a phone interview on Tuesday, Lord Allan Jay said his legislative work would focus on health, agriculture and tourism programs.
Philippine Daily INQUIRER:
Velascos dominate Marinduque; Reyeses’ era for island province ends
Reporter's Notebook: Election updates
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| Lord Allan Jay Velasco (center) —COMELEC Marinduque |
BOAC, MARINDUQUE, Philippines — Marinduque sees the
beginning of a new era as members of the Velasco family will replace the Reyes
family in leading the island province in Southern Tagalog.
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco
Jr. was elected governor, while his son, Lord Allan Jay, will serve another
term as the province’s lone district representative to Congress.
It was a landslide victory for father and son, who both ran
under the administration’s Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan.
The former justice led by 32,179 votes against closest rival
and independent candidate Rey Salvacion.
Lord Allan Jay garnered 95,067 votes against Harold Lim of
the United Nationalist Alliance who got 5,488 votes.
A third candidate for governor was Violet Reyes, a daughter
of the late governor and Reyes clan matriarch Carmencita “Nanay” Reyes.
She received 5,488 votes. Carmencita, who led Marinduque
(2015 population: 234,521) for 31 years by switching positions as governor or
representative, withdrew her candidacy for representative in November last
year.
Reyes, 87, died in January this year due to ruptured
abdominal aneurysm.
In a phone interview on Tuesday, Lord Allan Jay said his
legislative work would focus on health, agriculture and tourism programs.
—Report from Maricar Cinco, Mayda Lagran and Jofel Lancion
ABS-CBN News:
Retired associate justice Presbitero Velasco won the
gubernatorial race in Marinduque.
Velasco got 66,526 votes, while Rey Salvacion received
34,347 votes, based on the complete election returns of clustered precincts, as
of 9:22 p.m. Tuesday.
Velasco retired from the Supreme Court last year, after serving for almost 12 years. He was succeeded by Jose Reyes Jr.
His son, Lord Allan Jay Velasco, won the congressional race by a mile.
