Joey Cortes is among the Mandaue candidates, who’s operating for mayor.
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — One other “Jonas” Cortes has filed her Certificates of Candidacy (COC) for mayor in Mandaue Metropolis and he or she filed on the final minute of the submitting of COCs on October 8.
Throughout her interview after her submitting, Cortes stated that she was operating for mayor as a result of she noticed that often solely males would run for Mayor.
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“Girls empowerment gyud ni…Nakalansar pod ko niadtong mga niaging tuig. Nakita nako nga puro ra gyud mga lalaki ang nagdumala sa Mandaue. Mas nindot man siguro nga naa say babaye nga Mayor sa Mandaue,” stated Cortes.
(That is actually girls empowerment…I additionally ran previously years. I noticed that those that are operating Mandaue are largely males. It will be higher if there would even be a lady mayor of Mandaue.)
Joey Cortes submitting a ploy — metropolis administrator
On Friday morning, Metropolis Administrator Lawyer Jamaal James Calipayan stated her submitting was a ploy to confuse the voters as a result of that they had nearly the identical identify of dismissed Mayor Jonas Cortes who was additionally operating for Mayor.
“The impact could be the voters might be confused particularly in an election nga dili nimo isuwat kundili imo i-shade, automated nga election as a result of magtapad ni ang mga pangan, contemplating nga pareha sila og pangan. Then mag-una pa gale iyang pangan kang Mayor kay Joey kato nga identify,” stated Calipayan.
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(The impact could be the voters might be confused particularly in an elections that you just wold not write one’s identify however it’s a must to shade it, that is an automatic election as a result of their names could be close to one another, contemplating they’ve nearly the identical identify. Then her identify would even be first (on the poll) than the mayor’s identify as a result of her first identify is Joey.)
Nuisance candidate petition
Calipayan stated that Cortes’ authorized staff had been making ready to file a petition to declare Joey Cortes as a nuisance candidate and had already requested for licensed true copies from the Fee on Elections.
“Anyone has the best to run. I feel the query could be, unsay intention nimo sa pagdagan? As a result of if imo’ng intention sa pagdagan para maglibog sa mga botante, gisugo ka, or gibaryan ka. That’s an insult of our electoral system,” he stated.
(Anyone has the best to run. I feel the query could be, what’s your intention in operating? As a result of in case your intention in operating is for the voters to get confused, then you definitely had been requested to do it otherwise you had been paid to do it. That’s an insult of our electoral system.)
Part 69 of the Omnibus Election Code defines a nuisance candidate as one who information a certificates of candidacy that places the election course of in mockery or disrepute; or to trigger confusion among the many voters by the similarity of the names; or in different circumstances which clearly show that the candidate has no bona fide intention to run for the workplace and to forestall a devoted dedication of the true will of the voters.
If the aspirant is tagged as nuisance, it’s paramount to disqualification.
Comelec-Mandaue’s position
In a earlier interview with Lawyer Annafleur Gujilde, Comelec-Mandaue election officer, stated the Comelec’s position was solely ministerial.
Gujilde stated that at their stage they might simply obtain the COCs that may be filed.
They may solely examine on the the completeness of the COC type, the attachment of the Certification of Nomination and Acceptance, and notarization amongst others.
On the eligibility of aspirants, Gujilde stated that their workplace wouldn’t become involved in disqualification as they might not transcend the COC type.
She stated that the COCs had been forwarded to Comelec’s legislation division and they’d be those to guage the paperwork.
Different events, resembling registered voters or political events, may also file petitions if they might want to problem the candidacies, she stated.
She’s certified to run
When interviewed about the opportunity of her COC being denied, Joey “Jonas” Cortes stated she was very certified to run.
“Ngano’ng manuisance man ko? Nga credible man ko. PolSci graduate ko. Legislation scholar ko. Grasp in Public Administration. Nakalansar ko atong mga niaging election unya mamgampanya ko,” stated Joey Cortes.
(Why would I be a nuisance candidate? As a result of I’m credible. I’m a PolSci graduate. I’m a Legislation scholar. I’m a Grasp in Public Administration. I run in earlier elections after which I’ve additionally campaigned.)
“Maningkamot ko nga mailhan gyud ta bisan pa lang sa kasamok ba kay murag init (politika sa Mandaue). Tan-aw nako. Mao na’ng sa final minute nidecide gyud ko. Mas maayo naay girls empowerment, first time,” stated she stated.
(I work onerous to be acknowledged even amid the chaos now as a result of evidently the best way I see it the scenario is scorching (politics in Mandaue). That’s the reason I actually determined to do it within the final minute. It’s actually higher that there’s girls empowerment.)
Calipayan stated final 2007, Joey Cortes has additionally filed a COC for Mayor. He stated that Jonas Cortes additionally filed for a petition and was granted.
Affiliated with Congressman Lolypop
Calipayan alleged that Joey Cortes was affiliated with Congresswoman Emmarie “Lolypop” Ouano-Dizon and her household.
“We additionally attempt to take a look at the background. Affiliated gyud siya sa pikas kampo. Naa man siyay mga photos nga nagkuyog-kuyog sila. Naa silay mga photos with Cong. Lolypop, Brgy. Captain Jojo Dizon, with the household and with the workplace sa sixth district. We even heard rumors nga empleyado siya sa pikas after we requested round,” stated Calipayan.
(We additionally attempt to take a look at the background. She is affiliated with the opposite camp. There are photos that they had been collectively. She has photos of Cong. Lolypop, Brgy. Captain Jojo Dizon, with the household and with the workplace of the sixth district. We even heard rumors that she is even an worker of the opposite camp after we requested round.)
CDN Digital tried to succeed in out to Ouano-Dizon’s camp however that they had but to launch a press release as of this writing.
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