Gov Vi files for reelection

Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto files her Certificate of Candidacy at the Commission on Election at the Provincial Capitol. With her were husband Senator Ralph Recto,Provincial Administrator Victor  Reyes, Vice Gov. Mark Leviste, Election Lawyer Rommy Macalintal, her family, friends, and supporters from inside and outside  the capitol. (PIO photo)

Batangas City – It’s reelection for Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto who wants to finish her last term as governor as she filed her her certificate of candidacy (COC) on October 5  at the Commission on Elections’ provincial office.

Accompanied by her husband Sen. Ralph Recto, vice gubernatorial candidate Mark Leviste, Regal Films producer Mother Lily Monteverde, and all her board members belonging to the Liberal Party (LP), Gov. Vi will be running against three independent candidates.

The three candidates who also filed their COCs for governor were Marcos Mandanas, Arturo Atienza, and Praxedes Bustamante.

Mandanas ran against Gov. Vi in the  2010 gubernatorial race but lost, while Atienza ran for governor in 2001 and 2004. Atienza ran for senator in 2007 and for president in 2010 but was disqualified by the Comelec.

The LP candidates, who were all wearing yellow t-shirts, together with Gov. Vi, had copies of their COCs blessed with holy water before filing these at the Comelec office.

Before filing their COCs to the Comelec office, Gov. Vi’s group attended a thanksgiving Mass officiated by Fr. Johanes Arada and Fr. Dakila Ramos at the provincial auditorium.

Another actor-politician,  Batangas Second District Board Member Christopher “Boyet” de Leon, filed his COC for his congressional bid.  De Leon was accompanied by his wife actress Sandy Andolong. (Mei Magsino SLI)