Mayor Francis to seek reelection in 2025 polls
Two-term San Juan
City Mayor Francis Zamora will be gunning for his third term in the
2025 elections, Zamora announced on Wednesday, February 28.
"Ako po ay kasalukuyang nasa pangalawang termino at kung papalarin ay tayo po ay papasok sa ating ikatlong termino. Yes, I'm planning to run again for a third term at syempre gusto ko ding banggitin na nung nakaraang halalan ay 15-0 po ang napanalo natin nung election. Ibig sabihin from congresswoman to mayor to vice mayor to the 12 councilors ay napanalo nating lahat (I am currently in my second term and if I will be lucky, I will go on my third term. Yes, I'm planning to run again for a third term and of course, I would just like to say that in the previous election, we had a winning streak of 15-0. This means the members of our ticket from congresswoman to mayor to vice mayor to the 12 councilors won)," Zamora said during a media interview in his office at the City Hall.
The 46-year-old mayor started his political career as a councilor from the 2nd district of San Juan in 2007. Three years later, he was elected vice mayor of the city.
After two consecutive terms as vice mayor, Zamora ran for the mayoralty post in the 2016 elections against then San Juan City Mayor Guia Gomez. Howsary ever, he lost the said election to Gomez.
In 2019, Zamora ran again for mayor against then Vice Mayor Janella Ejercito where he won by a wide margin, thus ending the Ejercito-estrada reign in the city after 50 years.
Zamora was reelected to a second term in 2022, and in November 2022, he was elected as president of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), co-chairperson of the Regional Development Council (RDC), and chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) of Metro Manila.
The city government also regularly provides financial educational assistance to students, cash grants to all honor students, and financial incentives to all student athletes of the city’s public schools.
Monthly educational assistance is also available for the children of underprivileged solo parents; 100 children who need special protection, including victim-survivors of violence; children in conflict with the law, children at risk, and children under foster care.
The mayor also founded different facilities for the benefit of the children and the youth. These include basketball courts and child development centers under the Early Childhood Care and Development Program of San Juan.