By SHIELA MAE BUTLIG
Correspondent .
TWO of the most prominent political families in Misamis Oriental have buried the hatchet, and have settled their differences as a result of their bitter rivalry in the 1995 gubernatorial elections.
The Emanos and Guingonas have kissed and made up. “Plantsado na,” capitol spokesperson Nicole Mangabanag said yesterday.
She confirmed that Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano. and the Guingonas have agreed to form a political alliance during a meeting on Saturday.
Emano, she said, met with former vice president Teofisto Guingona Jr. and his son and namesake Teofisto III, a former senator. She said Gingoog Mayor Marie Guingona and her mother and vice mayor Ruthie were present during the meeting.
The two families clashed head-on in the 1995 elections when Emano’s father Vicente, then governor of Misamis Oriental, was challenged by the now vice mayor Ruthie Guingona. Emano served most of the three-year term until he was booted out months before the 1998 elections via a Supreme Court order that upheld Ms. Guingona’s 1995 victory.
Managbanag said the political alliance would boost efforts aimed at developing Gingoog City.
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