Sual, Pangasinan mayor linked to Bamban mayor, makes reelection bid

SEEKING REELECTION. Sual, Pangasinan Mayor Liseldo Calugay, after filing his certificate of candidacy in Sual on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Calugay is seeking a third term in office in next year’s midterm polls. | PHOTO: Official Facebook page of Mayor Dong Calugay

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan — Mayor of Sual town in Pangasinan province Liseldo Calugay, who made headlines for his alleged link to dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, on Thursday, filed his certificate of candidacy for a third term in office.

Calugay and his running mates first visited the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Rosary of Manaoag in Manaoag town, Pangasinan, and in another church in Sual before proceeding to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in their locality.

He was greeted by supporters also wearing red shirts like the rest of their group.

“I was not expecting this many people supporting me,” he said in Filipino, addressing the crowd.

Calugay’s running mate is former councilman Max Millan.

Sual is a first-class municipality with 19 villages. It had 31,640 registered voters in the 2022 elections. (PNA)