ZAMBOANGA CITY – Incumbent Sulu Governor Sakur Tan and his sons, Vice Governor Toto Tan and Rep. Samier Tan, and daughter Shihla Hayudini, the mayor of Maimbung town have won their re-election bid hands down after running unopposed.
Provincial Engineer Abdurasad Baih said the Tans were proclaimed winners on Tuesday. “Masaya dito at sila Gov. Sakur ulit ang magsisilbi sa amin. Unopposed silang lahat at masaya ang lahat dahil maganda talaga ang kanilang serbisyo at makikita naman ito sa progreso namin dito sa Sulu,” he told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner by phone from his office.
Rep. Munir Arbison Jr, of Sulu’s 2nd District, was also unopposed.
Governor Tan also led the campaign of presidential frontrunner Bongbong Marcos and his running mate Sara Duterte-Carpio in Sulu. Marcos got over 313,000 votes against closest rival Vice President Leni Robredo’s 9,507 votes; and Duterte with 318,000 votes against Senator Francisco Pangilinan’s 4,895 votes.
Movie actor Robin Padilla, who ran for senator, got the highest vote in Sulu with nearly 305,000, and the Kusug Tausug partylist was the top choice in the province with nearly 269,000 votes. Padilla’s win was largely due to Governor Tan’s endorsement.
Governor Tan, a strong political ally of President Rodrigo Duterte, publicly endorsed Marcos and Duterte-Carpio. “Yes, kay BBM at Sara kaming lahat sa Sulu. Mga mayors natin at mga Tausugs ay behind kay BBM and Sara,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.
In 2016 presidential election, Governor Tan was the only governor in the Muslim autonomous region who campaigned hard for Duterte as president; and for Marcos as vice president while all the other governors were behind the tandem of Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo. He also rallied the mayors in Sulu to help him in the campaign and Duterte eventually won by a landslide in Sulu, the only province in the Muslim region where Marcos won.
Marcos, a former senator; and Governor Tan, an ex-congressman; are long-time friends and political allies.
The Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), chaired by Marcos, confirmed this and said Governor Tan promised to deliver the winning vote for Marcos in Sulu and he did. “Ayon naman kay Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan, nakasisiguro siya na kaya nilang ibigay ang mahigit 80 porsyento na boto mula sa kanilang 420,000 na botante sa probinsya,” PFP said.
It also quoted Governor Tan as saying: “Pangako ko sa kanya (Marcos) mahina na ang 80% na boto sa buong probinsya kasi wala kaming kalaban. Ang probinsya namin 420,000 registered voters halos wala kaming kalaban lahat. Ako, anak ko, vice governor, congressman, dalawang congressman, mayor, walang kalaban.”
Elections in Sulu, one of the five provinces in the Bangsamoro autonomous region, was the most peaceful in the South. (Mindanao Examiner)
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