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OVERWHELMING
AND UNPRECEDENTED MANDATE. The Bohol Provincial
Board of Canvassers led by provincial election officer
Veronico Petalcorin, provincial prosecutor Macario
Delusa and DepEd Division Supt. Cerina Bolos officially
proclaim Gov. Aumentado as the winner in the gubernatorial
race. With him during the proclamation are his wife,
Peregrina and daughter Rica. |
The
Boholanos gave reelectionist Gov. Erico Aumentado a fresh
mandate in the May 14 polls via a landslide win that is
unprecedented in the annals of Bohol history in two ways.
The governor garnered 397,849 votes – 93.431% of the
total 425,820 votes cast in the province. The remaining
6.569% was divided among Aumentado’s six opponents
and stray votes – if any.
Aumentado’s win also goes down in the province’s
history as the first time ever that a Boholano governor
was elected to a third consecutive term.
In a statement issued following his proclamation, Aumentado
thanked the Almighty – and the Boholanos for their
trust and confidence that resulted to his overwhelming reelection
for a third and final term.
The Provincial Board of Canvassers chaired by Election Supervisor
Veronico Petalcorin, co-chaired by Provincial Prosecutor
Macario Delusa with Bohol Schools Division Superintendent
Cerina Bolos as member and secretary Thursday proclaimed
Aumentado as winner at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session
hall at past 5 p.m.
“This historic mandate is both an inspiration and
a challenge for me to pursue with more vigor our program
of development for the province,” he said.
He considers his win also as “a humbling experience
for one whose mandate carries a responsibility to serve
the province with the highest expectation of the people
to do more and more for its development.”
“Our campaign taglines have always been Together,
Bohol Forever, and Together, We Can Make a Greater Bohol.
To achieve this enobling objective, we must have to strengthen
the unity and cooperation of the Boholano leaders and our
beloved people to the extent that we are willing to reach
out to the political opposition in the province,”
he said.
At the same time, he issued a challenge: “we must
have to heal and bind the wounds in the last political battle.
Thus every Boholano is summoned to join in our efforts for
unity and reconciliation which is the cry of the hour,”
he added.
Aumentado attributed his win to the blessings of the Almighty,
his good governance and performance.
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