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MANILA, Philippines – The political dynasty of the Bernabe clan ended as the local board of canvassers officially proclaimed Edwin Olivarez as the new city mayor of Parañaque at the Parañaque Sports Complex at around 3:00 pm of May 14, 2013.
Bernabe lost by 27,278 votes to his rival, Edwin Olivarez, who garnered a total of 95,417 votes.
On the other hand, Bernabe’s running mate, Rico Golez, won the vice mayoral race. He garnered a total of 97,362 votes against Edwin Benzon’s 59,525 votes, based on Rappler’s unofficial Mirror Server results as of 3:05 pm, May 14.
The mayoral race was between the incumbent councilor Florencio Benjamin “Benjo” Bernabe III under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), the son of outgoing Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr, and incumbent Parañaque 1st District Rep and former Laguna Vice Governor Edwin Olivarez who ran under the Liberal Party (LP).
Olivarez is the son of former mayor Pablo Olivarez.
Supporters of Olivarez from different districts gathered at the Parañaque Sports Complex.
End of reign
The older Bernabe was the city mayor for 3 consecutive terms, since 2001. He refused to run for any position to give way to his son, Benjo Bernabe.
During his term, Bernabe was involved in several controversies, including a planned demolition of a haven for informal settlers known as the Silverio Compound, and several accusations of corruption.
In the attempt to demolish the Silverio Compound, a man died and 39 were injured after policemen clashed with residents of Silverio Compound.
New Parañaque
Ang Bagong Parañaque – this was Olivarez’s tagline during his election campaign.
Despite the criticism he received from netizens for his “badly written graduation message” last March, it did not seem to damage to his campaign.
Parañaque has an estimated 277,000 registered voters. – Rappler.com
Vina Vanessa Victorino is a Rappler intern.
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