THE former chief of staff of Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama looms as the leading candidate to contest the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) presidency.
鈥淎s for Team Rama, we have already decided that Philip Zafra will be running based on our discussions,鈥� said Edu Rama Jr., the mayor鈥檚 nephew and one of the insiders of the group.
Zafra is chairman of barangay Tisa. Other names that came up include Tinago barangay captain Joel Garganera, Punta Princesa barangay captain Jose Navarro and Poblacion Pardo barangay captain Althea Lim.
Whoever emerges as chairman of the ABC will sit as an ex-officio member of the City Council.
The rival Bando Osme帽a-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) camp has yet to decide on who to field in the ABC race 鈥淭here are many inquiries but I鈥檓 waiting for our officials to discuss it. We will be meeting by mid-December,鈥� BO-PK founder Tomas Osme帽a said.
The BO-PK has been considering Capitol Site barangay chairman Manuel Guanzon to run for the presidency. Guanzon, incumbent ABC vice president, however declined to be drafted.
Guanzon told Cebu Daily 黑料社 that the ABC officers had yet to meet and set the date for the ABC elections sometime within this month. Correspondent Jose Santino S. Bunachita
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