SOLO PARENTS’ CHAMPION Krisel Lagman, the incumbent mayor of Tabaco Metropolis, Albay, reveals her accomplished certificates of candidacy on Saturday, October 5, 2024. She is aspiring for a seat within the Home of Representatives for Albay’s first district. Lagman desires to provide monetary help to solo mother and father and the passage of a divorce regulation within the Philippines. Holding up her hand is her brother, Albay Governor Edcel Greco Lagman. (Picture from MICHAEL JAUCIAN / INQ)
LEGAZPI CITY — The mayor of Tabaco Metropolis in Albay province filed her certificates of candidacy (COC) on the native Fee on Elections (Comelec) right here on Saturday, October 5.
The candidate is operating in Albay’s first district as consultant and she or he is pushing for the passage of a divorce regulation within the nation.
Krisel Lagman, who’s serving her fifth time as Tabaco metropolis mayor, is in search of to return to Congress via the 2025 midterm elections.
Earlier than serving as mayor, she held two consecutive phrases within the Home of Representatives from 1998 to 2004.
Emphasizing her dedication to the enactment of the divorce invoice, she instructed INQUIRER.web in an interview on Saturday that “divorce doesn’t destroy a superb marriage. It merely ends a bitter one.”
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She stated that if elected, she can even make sure that Congress secures adequate funding from the nationwide authorities to supply monetary help to certified solo mother and father.
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In the meantime, 1st District Board Member Sheina Onrubia-Dela Cruz additionally filed her COC, in search of reelection in 2025.
Attorneys Gio Ong Bongao and Elmar Barreda likewise filed their COCs for board members in Albay’s first district.
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