A recount of votes for barangay captain in San Juan, Molo district showed the proclaimed winner in the May 14 polls, Pascual “Sipil” Espinosa IV, garnering the same number of votes as his defeated rival, Jose Martin Maloto.
The Municipal Trial Court, Branch 1 made known the result of the recount on Wednesday. Both Espinosa and Maloto got 2,324 votes each.
Maloto filed an election protest right after the barangay election. He lost to Espinosa by only eight votes – 2,315 votes as against Espinosa’s 2,323.
Maloto told Panay News yesterday he was not satisfied with the turnout of the recount. He would be appealing the court’s findings.
“We will file an appeal. May nakita pa ‘ko nga gamay nga buho. Daw indi pa ‘ko kuntento. Kinahanglan himuon ta tanan para sa pumoluyo,” said Maloto. “Madaog gid ko ‘ya.” (I still saw a little hole. I'm not satisfied yet. We must do everything for the residents, "said Maloto. "I'm very good at it.")
City Assistant City Election Officer Jonathan Sayno said Maloto could file his appeal before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) within five days beginning Aug. 22.
Source: Panay News. Photo credit: Facebook/MRN Iloilo
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