Lucilo Bayron wins Puerto Princesa recall elections

PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (2nd UPDATE) - Puerto Princesa Mayor Lucilo Bayron was sustained by voters as he won the recall elections held on Friday.

It was around 6 a.m. on Saturday when the city board of canvassers proclaimed Bayron as the duly elected mayor, with 44,299 votes.

The CBOC dismissed the last ditch petition of former Mayor Edward Hagedorn to stop the canvassing, saying that the grounds cited by the Hagedorn camp are misplaced and do not apply in this case.

Hagedorn had argued that some 11 election returns from clustered precincts should be excluded due to formal defects, but the CBOC said formal defects are not grounds for suspension or exclusion as stated by the Supreme Court in jurisprudence.

Hagedorn finished the vote with 39,002 votes.

Bayron thanked his supporters and everyone who went out to vote during Friday's recall election.

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Source: Lucilo Bayron wins Puerto Princesa recall elections | ABS-CBN News