Eastern Samar mayoral aspirant disqualified

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified a mayoral candidate in Sulat, Eastern Samar for lacking the one-year residency requirement.

In a resolution last March 19, the Comelec’s first division, presided over by Commissioner Rufino Javier, decided to cancel the certificate of candidacy of Daniel Jatulan after establishing that he re-established residency in Sulat town only last Dec. 8.

With the poll body’s action, re-electionist Mayor Javier Zacate is running unopposed.

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