Former Defense Sec. Gibo Teodoro To Run in 2022
GIBO TEODORO – Former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro filed his candidacy for senator in the 2022 Election through a proxy.
Currently, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is down to the last day of the filing of candidacy period. After it, the the extended voter registration period will resume until October 30, 2021.
Supposedly, the deadline of the voter registration period was September 30, 2021 but there were many calls for an extension. Initially, the poll body said it cannot afford to extend the voter registration period for another month but it convened as it assured the people that it is listening to the clamors of the public.
Both the House of Representatives and Senate passed bills seeking to extend the voter registration period. COMELEC approved the extension from October 11 to October 30.
Now that the filing of candidacy period is down to its last day, several incumbent politicians have already made their bid for Election 2022 official. One of them is former Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro who running for a senatorial seat next year.
However, Gibo Teodoro filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) through a proxy because he is currently under isolation. The former Defense Secretary tested positive for COVID-1. Meanwhile, he assured that he is in “good spirits”.
Teodoro is running under the late former Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago‘s People’s Reform Party (PRP). He expressed his gratitude to the late Senator’s husband, Honorable Narciso Santiago Jr., for the privilege to be running under PRP.
The former Defense Secretary also expressed his gratitude to the people helping him most especially his family. He expressed his thanks for their support and encouragement “through many years in changing circumstances”.
In 2010, Teodoro ran for president but he lost to the late former Pres. Noynoy Aquino. Recently, he was reported to have offered to be the running-mate of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte but she said she is not running for president.
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