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ILIGAN City ― The election conducted by mostly newly elected barangay chairs was declared “null and void,” according to the statement made by Eden Chua Pineda in a press conference held Saturday morning at the Sangguniang Panlungsod session hall at Buhanginan Hills.

The alleged election, which took place on Friday, December 15, resulted in the election of Clint L. Catubig as the ABC president. Pineda emphasized that the activity did not adhere to the established rules of the National Liga ng Mga Barangay.

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“There are schedules of activities that have to be followed here,” she explained.

Among these activities is the establishment of committees responsible for facilitating the elections, which was scheduled for December 15. Pineda highlighted that no such committees were formed on December 1, as there was no general assembly due to a lack of quorum, as reported by the incumbent ABC president, Cesarve Siacor.

It was later discovered that many individuals who were absent during the scheduled December 1 assembly were taking their oaths with Congressman Celso G. Regencia, overseeing the activity.

Despite not meeting the December 1 requirement, the group proceeded to elect the ABC president and other officers, with Clint L. Catubig elected as the ABC president, replacing the earlier nominee, Grace L. Catubig, the mother and chair of Kiwalan, a nearby barangay of Acmac.

Pineda mentioned that the ABC elections might be held in January of this year, implying once again that the December 15 election was “null and void.”

She also noted that, despite the December 15 elections proceeding in most areas across the country, a few places like Iligan were considered “problematic.”

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