Ex-SC justice Velasco is new Marinduque governor

THE VELASCOS. Retired Supreme Court justice and governor-elect of Marinduque Presbitero Velasco Jr poses with President Rodrigo Duterte at the birthday party of the younger Velasco, Lord Allan on November 3, 2018. Presidential Photo

Velasco, who retired as Supreme Court justice in August 2018, won as governor by a large margin over his closest rival, independent candidate Reynaldo Salvacion. Velasco got 66,526 votes while Salvacion received 34,347.in the province, with Violetta Reyes getting only 5,015 votes in the polls. Lord Allan, Velasco’s son, was reelected representative of Marinduque also by a huge margin – 95,067 votes against the 5,488 votes of United Nationalist Alliance or UNA’s Harold Lim., a considerable feat since it was only in 2010 when Lord Allan first joined local politics.

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