Canoy set to challenge Samsam in 2016 race
If he backed off in 2013, not in 2016. San Fernando Mayor Antonio Canoy revealed his plan to challenge Representative Gerald Anthony "Samsam" Gullas in the race to the Congress next year, finally ending political speculations.
"It's about time that I will kauban," Canoy said, run," Canoy said during the counting on the support of De 63rd birthday celebration of los Reyes and other leaders Talisay City Mayor Johnny who will be fielding in De los Reyes last Monday candidates against the local night at the City Hall. Alayon Party of the Gullases.
Canoy, still on his second Cebu's first district is term as mayor, believes that composed of the cities of he can put up a good fight with Talisay, Naga and Carcar, and the Gullases who have been the municipalities of lording the district for over 20 Minglanilla, San Fernando years now. and Sibonga.
In 2013 midterm Canoy also said he is not elections, Canoy pulled back worried about the Alayon from the race against Gullas throwing their support to and instead ran against former Liberal Party's presidential mayor Lakambini Reluya in candidate Mar Roxas and the mayoralty race where he Cebu Governor Hilario eventually emerged Davide III. victorious. Canoy, who is also
Canoy explained that he connected with the LP, said did not push through with his "we are the original LP (in the candidacy because he had no first district) and they know support from other leaders in that." the district. At his party attended by
"Nganong maglisod close to a thousand guests, De man ko karon sa first district? los Reyes announced his Sa una, wala ko midayon kay "unwavering" support to ako ra mang usa pero karon Canoy's candidacy for naa naman ko'y mga congressman.
The mayor was also supposed to announce his lineup and runningmate during the celebration but opted not to divulge anything while waiting for the other camp to announce its candidates.
Separately, Samsam welcomed the "political development" in the first district.
"If Mayor Canoy wishes to run, it is his right and there is no need to trade words here because the people in the first district will vote according to their conscience and to their belief on who can bring sustainable development in the first district," Samsam said in a statement.
The young legislator ran unopposed in 2013 as the administration's Liberal Party did not pit a candidate against him who ran under the Nacionalista Party. He obtained 153,514 votes.
Now that Canoy is running for Congress, he said he will leave it up to his son, Vice Mayor Miguel Antonio to pick a runningmate. Miguel Antonio is set to run as mayor in San Fernando in 2016.
Miguel Antonio will be challenged by former mayor Lakambini Reluya, who was elected municipal mayor in 2007, beating Canoy's wife, Renee, by mere 40 votes. However, in 2010, Reluya lost to mayor Canoy by a margin of 177 votes.