CALASIAO—The town saw an upset in the political battle for the town’s leadership when the 28-year-old Liberal Party (LP) bet won against his uncle, a seasoned-politician.

Joseph Arman Bauzon garnered a total of 23, 763 votes while his uncle, incumbent mayor Roy Macanlalay got 20, 313 votes while their other rival Florante Gabat had 1,091 votes.

Bauzon said his team campaigned for a change in politics, new perspective, new governance, and new breeds of public servants for the town.

“I believe in public service, age doesn’t matter as our town mates urged me and my team to run against the Macanlalay’s who have been in power for 15 years”, said Bauzon who started as the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) president in the town at age 19.

He added, “Although the business in our town is booming, it is not as good in terms of services rendered to the people”.

Bauzon’s tandem Ferdinand Galang regained his vice mayoralty post with 17, 732 votes against the 16, 117 votes of Narciso Chuson Jr. and 9,342 votes of Virgilio Manipud.

Bauzon and Galang were immediately proclaimed on May 10 after all the ballots were hundred percent counted.

The new set of council here is composed of Mahadeva Das Mesina (LP) with 31,558 votes, JB Acosta (LP) with 24,820 votes, Dennis Torio (NPC) with 24,682 votes, Jerald Navarro (NPC) with 22,335 votes, Jerome Gabrillo (NPC) with 22,071 votes, Manny Datuin (UNA) with 21,675, Felipe De Vera (LP) with 20,677 votes and Gerald Aficial with 19,820 votes.

Some 47,084 voters out of 53,412 registered voters here casted their votes. (Hilda Austria)

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