2022 PH local races

Cotabato City mayor seeks reelection

Oct 2, 2021 8:30 PM PHT

Rommel Rebollido

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Photo courtesy of Cotabato City government

Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi, her vice mayor, Graham Dumama, and a complete slate for councilors under One Kutawato party, submit their certificates of candidacy

Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi is running for reelection.

She filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) before the Commission on Elections in Cotabato on Saturday, October 2.

A lawyer by profession, Guiani-Sayadi is seeking a second term as chief executive of the city which voted favorably to be part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Guiani-Sayadi has been vocal against the city’s inclusion in the Bangsamoro region.

She and her vice mayor, Graham Dumama, along with a compete slate for councilors under the One Kutawato party submitted their COCs together.

Guiani-Sayadi used to be the city vice mayor, and took over the helm of the city government when her brother Japal Guiani Jr. died of a stroke in 2016. – Rappler.com

Rommel Rebollido is a Mindanao-based journalist and an awardee of the Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship