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TJ-IUR5DAY, MAY
C0MELEC Proclai ms Romualdez;
iingog pu?ty-list has edge over rival
By MaricelV. Cruz
THE Commission on Elections
on WednesdaY Proclaimed PhiI-
innine Constitution Assoclatlon
iresident Martin Romualdez as
'the
winning candidate in the frrst
conpressional district of Lelte
Juan Bautista Beato, chalrman
of tbe Comelec Provincial boatd
of canvasser, declared Romual-
dez the winner after obtaining
157.382 votes.
Meanwhile, the Tingog Party- development
first seat showed that Eastem
list is expected to get its
in the 18th Congess whlte ItS n- ciamoring
val, An WaraY, is Poised to fail in tion
16,
seats
eetting two congressional
ir the MaY 13 midterm elections
based on the partial and unoitlclat
results on MaY 15.
On its first attempt to win a seat
in the 2016 national elections,
Tineos was tbe 55th Party-list
rts other Party-lists with
^-Jn[ votes or 65 Percent Per-
210-552
cent ofthe PoPular vote'
Unfazed bY its fust failure'
Tinsos was ProPelled to con-
tinui iamPaigning for regional
since the 2016 Polls
\iisaYas was
for more rcPresenta-
Congress. Nextryge
in
\\ +pad'r PAeEt/
2019
COMELEC...
"Frcm A!
-Rodurl,agz,nrerrderr
of dre Laka'-chris-
won orer his riral
di.o.t'ts
,i"riir,iu'.t,tn"
g 62l votes'
ili -o* who received
I" ino Dumas
ttono,.a by the overwhelm-
ertended to me (Jnce agaln'
ine supoort
irrinr,-'.,,'* t"tl mr,ch." said Romualdez'
i."t'.i uno iormer House lrrdependent
"Rloc ieader ofthe 16th Congress'
Romualdez, a three-rerm Le)le con-
*.it."", it lhc husband of Lelle First
"o-iiii n"p. Yedoa M.rrie Krltilsr'"edr-
[o..o'a"r, tf't. lirsl nominee of rhe Tin-
gog pu.ty-ii.t group that is expected to
secure one $eat.
navao Citr Mavor Sara Dulerte chair-
mdn oIthc Htrepong'\g Pagbabago has
not"uita"i to be the Speaker of
"nJo.."o
rhe LEtb Conrre5).
Yedda Romualdez Romualdez- eartted his Bachelor ol Arls
deuree lrom Cornell Unirersity irl lthaca'
t,e"u Yorl. and studied law al rhe Uni!ersily
ofthe Phrlippines in DilrmzLn, Quezon City'
He holdi a Certilicate lor Special Stud-
ies in Adrrinistration and ManrtscmenL
from Farvard University in Cambridge,
Massachttsel t..
Durins. his slint ds congressman ofhis
distrjcl ;; Levre, he supported the massive
investments in infiasLiucture that spurred
orogress and developm.'nL
' tie chamoioned ipall businesses and
industries rn his disiricL and the pliBht of
the disadvantaf.ed and vulnerable seclors
ol societv, p"Jpt" *irt', disabiliry senior
citizeDs. tbe sickly a d the Poor'
One of his benihmark legislations dur-
ingthe lolh Congress waq rhe passage of
H6use Bill 1019,a law exempring people
t,rirh disabiliry trom pating value-ddded
1ax on cerLain
goods and services'