Local elections were held in
Makati
Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...
on May 13, 2019, within the
Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen, and the eight councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.
Background
Incumbent mayor
Abigail Binay
Mar-len Abigail "Abby" Sombillo Binay-Campos (born December 12, 1975) is a Filipina lawyer and politician who has been the Mayor of Makati since 2016. She formerly served in the Congress as Representative of Makati's 2nd District from 2007 to ...
assumed as Mayor after winning in the 2016 elections. Binay ran after the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed her brother former Mayor Junjun Binay due to the alleged overpricing of Makati City Hall Building II. She is running for reelection under the
United Nationalist Alliance
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA; ) is a political party in the Philippines. It was created as a multi-party electoral alliance replacing the former United Opposition (UNO) coalition for the 2013 midterm elections, before it was launche ...
. Her main opponent is her brother, Junjun. The former mayor claims that she has a deal with her sister, that she will serve for one term as Mayor. The Ombudsman dismissed Binay due to the Makati City Hall Building II parking lot fiasco and was perpetually disqualified from holding any public office. However, the Commission on Elections reiterates that Binay can still run for Mayor, because the ruling is not yet final and executory.
The former mayor has the support of majority of councilors and Barangay Captains in Makati. In an interview on
24 Oras
''24 Oras'' (pronounced as bente kwatro oras / ) is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA Network. Originally anchored by Mel Tiangco and Mike Enriquez, it premiered on March 15, 2004, on the network's Telebabad lin ...
, he will withdraw his candidacy for Mayor if his father, former Vice President Jejomar Binay will run for Mayor.
Candidates
Representative
1st District
Incumbent Monsour del Rosario is running for Vice Mayor. His party nominated former Vice President Jejomar Binay, who is running against, among others, former acting city mayor
Romulo “Kid” Peña.
2nd District
Incumbent Luis Campos is running for reelection. His opponents are city councilor Nemesio "King" Yabut Jr., Rodolfo Flores and Ricardo Opoc.
Mayor
Vice Mayor
Councilors
1st District
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Notes
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^ Incumbent
Rico J. Puno died on October 30, 2018. His daughter, former councilor Tosca Camille Puno-Ramos, was named as his substitute.
2nd District
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References
{{Metro Manila elections
2019 Philippine local elections
Elections in Makati