Comelec disqualifies Cagayan governor
CAGAYAN GOV. MANUEL MAMBA
BY VINCE JACOB VISAYA
TUGUEGARAO CITY (December 16)—The Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba from the 2022 gubernatorial race, which he had won for his third consecutive term, for breaching the ban on election spending.
A Comelec-Second Division resolution granted a petition lodged by Zarah Rose Lara who ran but lost to Mamba in the 2022 contest for governor.
She is the wife of Cagayan Third District Rep. Joseph Lara, supposedly a nemesis of the Mambas.
Presiding Commissioner Marlon Casquejo and Commissioners Rey Bulay and Nelson Celis signed the resolution, which was promulgated on Dec. 14, 2022.
"Respondent MANUEL N. MAMBA is DISQUALIFIED as a candidate for the position of Governor...