Armando Carpio Sanchez (June 15, 1952 – April 27, 2010) was a

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politician. He is a former two-term mayor of

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and one-term governor of the Province of Batangas. During his term as governor, he was also the

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of the

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Political career

Mayor of Santo Tomas, Batangas

During the 1998 elections, he ran for mayor of

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, which he subsequently won.

Batangas Governorship

After two terms as mayor of Sto. Tomas, he decided to run as

Governor. He ran as the

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official candidate during the 2004 elections. His opponents included former Justice Secretary

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, former Board Member Dennis Hernandez and former

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Mayor Rosario Apacible. One of his projects during his term was the beautification of Batangas Capitol Grounds. He facilitated the relocation of national government agencies and squatters who occupied a portion of the Capitol Grounds. During his governorship, allegations of corruption surfaced. On May 30, 2005 Batangas ombudsman and graft investigator Guillermo Gamo was gunned down in Batangas City on his way to the capitol. At the time, Gamo was investigating what he described as multimillion-peso anomalous deals and projects at the capitol. On April 13, 2015, Melinda “Mei” Magsino, a journalist of the ''

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'' until 2005 who covered corruption and illegal gambling ("jueteng") issues in Batangas, was also shot dead. Records from the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) showed that Magsino reported “threats” to her life sometime in 2005, during which she exposed alleged corruption and illegal gambling activities of late Batangas Governor Armando Sanchez.

Assassination attempt

He survived an assassination attempt on June 1, 2006 when he was able to get out of his

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that exploded while boarding it inside the Batangas Capitol Grounds. His driver and bodyguard were killed during the explosion.

2007 Elections

During the 2007 elections, he opted to run for re-election as governor. He was the official candidate of

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, a pro-administration party. He faced

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Mayor

Vilma Santos-Recto Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (, born November 3, 1953) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She served as a House Deputy Speaker since 2019 to 2022 and as the Representative of Batangas' 6th district since ...

who was the official candidate of

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, another pro-administration party. Since two pro-administration candidates were battling it out for the governorship of

, administration officials opted to declare the Province of Batangas a "free-zone". Santos-Recto is the wife of then Senator

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who was running for re-election as part of the pro-administration Team Unity. Since Sanchez was a member of the

, governors threatened to junk the candidacy of Recto as senator. Sanchez lost to Santos-Recto by more than 100,000 votes.

2010 Elections and death

Sanchez, once again ran for the gubernatorial position with Edwin Ermita, who was the defeated running mate of Santos-Recto in 2007, as his running mate. Sanchez was rushed to the Mary Mediatrix Medical Center in Lipa City on April 26, 2010 after collapsing during a campaign and was placed inside an

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. Sanchez suffered a stroke due to fatigue, decreased sugar levels and severe hypertension, dying April 27, 2010.Ex-Batangas governor Sanchez dies
His wife, Edna, announced her bid for governorship on April 30, 2010 even though she was seeking reelection as mayor in

. Six days later, she filed her Certificate of Candidacy for governor and was later permitted to run. On the election day, she lost to incumbent governor

Vilma Santos Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (, born November 3, 1953) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She served as a House Deputy Speaker since 2019 to 2022 and as the Representative of Batangas' 6th district since ...

, who received 59.63% of the votes. Sanchez only received 38.91% of the votes or 393,586 popular votes.

Personal life

Sanchez was an engineer by profession. He was married to

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, the incumbent mayor of

. They have four children. He was also a founding president of Batangas Varsitarian fraternity.

References

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