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Baricuatro upsets Garcia in Cebu
Manila Bulletin
|May 15, 2025
Pamela Baricuatro pulled off a big upset by defeating incumbent Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia who faltered to seek a third and final term.
The victory of Baricuatro was just one of the shocking results in the recent midterm polls in Metro Cebu.
After some tension-filled moments, Baricuatro was finally proclaimed past 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, as the winning candidate for governor with 1,107,924 votes.
The head of the powerhouse One Cebu party, Garcia only got 765,051 votes in what could be the biggest upset in the election history of the province.
Garcia, however, did not give up easily.
While the canvassing was ongoing at the Capitol Social Hall, documents surfaced online showing that Garcia filed a “very urgent motion” to suspend the proclamation of Baricuatro.
In her supposed motion filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila, Garcia sought for the disqualification of Baricuatro for being a nuisance candidate.
This story is from the May 15, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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