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| MARQUEE - Pangasinan's 5th District Congressman Amado Espino, Jr (above photo) and former Ambassador Amadito Perez, Jr. |
BY MORTZ
C. ORTIGOZA
I
recently rubbed elbows at the meeting of the Vice Mayors League of the
Philippines –Pangasinan Chapter new Urdaneta City Vice Mayor Julio F. Parayno
III and new Pozorrubio Vice Mayor Ernesto Salcedo.
The
gathering was held at Jeck’s in Dagupan City.
I said
the duo were “new” since Parayno became the second most powerful man in the
Cattle City when he assumed office in June 30, 2016 while Salcedo, the highest
vote getter alderman, was catapulted to the vice mayoralty after the town mayor
Artemio Chan was sacked by the Ombudsman and replaced by Vice Mayor Ernesto Go,
a bitter rival, for the mayorship.
Parayno
answered my query if he will run for the top post of Urdaneta City after mayor
Amadeo "Bobom" Gregorio Perez IV bowed out as his third term expired
in the 2019 election.
Parayno,
a young law graduate of Saint Louis University in Baguio City, told me that in
the next election it would be a tandem of Perezes versus the pair of
Paraynos clashing in the burgeoning city.
“Paano
maging Paraynos versus Perezes?” I posed in the vernacular.
He said
the probable bets would be former Ambassador Amadito Perez, Jr. and daughter
Councilor Tet Perez- Naguiat (wife of former PAGCOR Chair Cristino Naguiat) and
him and his nephew Jimmy D. Parayno the present councilor of the city.
