Quimbo files poll protest vs Marikina Mayor Teodoro

Former congresswoman Stella Quimbo has filed an election protest against Marikina City Mayor Maan Hontiveros Teodoro, alleging irregularities, anomalies, and fraud against her midterm poll opponent.

- By DHEL NAZARIO

Teodoro won the 2025 mayoral race by a margin of 31,394 votes after garnering 142,814 votes, compared to Quimbo's 111,420 votes.

In her Aug. 8, 2025 memorandum to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Quimbo alleged that the election was marred by the malfunctioning and misreading of Automated Counting Machines (ACMs), blatant vote buying, and ballots from priority polling precincts that were not fed into the ACMs and therefore not counted.