Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim on Friday dismissed as a \u201cdirty trick\u201d the supposed candidacy of a certain Rodolfo Gayola Lim, whose name earlier cropped up as one of his challengers in the coming elections.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWhen we found out that a certain Lim has filed a certificate of candidacy, we had it checked. This is probably a ploy to confuse the voters. Because if you only write \u2018Lim,\u2019 then it will become a stray vote,\u201d Lim told reporters Friday.<\/p>\n\n
The Commission on Elections recently issued a resolution disqualifying 63 nuisance candidates and 10 ineligible candidates\u2014including Rodolfo Gayola Lim\u2014who wanted to be in the ballot for the May elections.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cAccording to his certificate of candidacy, he lives in a building in Escolta. When we asked around, this person turned out to be a drunkard who sleeps on the street. And he makes a living as a watch-your-car boy,\u201d Lim said.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cSo how would he be able to run a campaign? Who fielded him? This is a dirty trick,\u201d said the reelectionist mayor, a former Manila police chief who earned the moniker Dirty Harry for his controversial crime-fighting methods.<\/p>\n\n
Mayor Lim, 82, has found a main challenger in former President Joseph Estrada, 75.<\/p>\n\n
Ric de Guzman, the mayor\u2019s chief of staff, said the Lim camp expects more dirty tricks to come out with the onset of the campaign period.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThe focus of the campaign is about who really has done something for Manila and who is just offering promises,\u201d De Guzman said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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