2025 Pasig local elections
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Local elections will take place in Pasig on Monday, May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, twelve members of the Pasig City Council, and one representative to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The officials elected in the election will assume their respective offices on June 30, 2025, for a three-year-long term.
Background
[edit]Incumbent mayor Vico Sotto is on his second consecutive term, having won his re-election bid in the 2022 Pasig local elections. He is eligible to run for his third and final consecutive term.
Several graft cases have been filed against the popular mayor, the first ones he has faced in his political career, which he believes is politically motivated [1]. The cases stem from allegedly distributing shirts instead of cash allowances to city hall employees[2], and for allegedly giving an illegal tax discount to telco company Converge ICT[3]. In addition, a petition for a temporary restraining order has also been filed against the implementation of Mayor Sotto's flagship project, the ₱9.6 Billion reconstruction of the Pasig City Hall Complex[4].
Mayor Sotto has also criticized a concert held by the St. Gerrard Construction Charity Foundation, led by Curlee Discaya and his wife Sarah, for not securing permits from city hall, which were countered by the foundation's insistence that it was held within the private Arcovia City estate[5]. The aforementioned couple's St. Gerrard Construction and Development Corporation have previously had their projects in Barangay Bambang suspended by Mayor Sotto for lack of building permits and violating the terms of one of their approved permits[6].
Meanwhile, The Discayas, former city councilor Mario Concepcion Jr., and former Bambang barangay captain Reynaldo Samson Jr. have joined the ruling Partido Federal ng Pilipinas in anticipation of a 2025 run[7]. The party has regarded Sarah Discaya, through her charity work in the city, as a "winnable mayoral candidate".
Mayoral election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Declared
Potential
•Vico Sotto, incumbent Mayor of Pasig (2019-present)
•Sarah Discaya, businesswoman [8]
Vice mayoral election
[edit]Incumbent vice mayor Robert Jaworski Jr. is on his first term, having won his seat in the 2022 Pasig local elections. He is eligible to run for his second consecutive term.
Candidates
[edit]Declared
Potential
•Robert Jaworski Jr., incumbent Vice Mayor (2022-present)
City Council election
[edit]The Pasig City Council has 14 members, 12 of which are elected via plurality block voting for three-year terms. It is divided into two city council districts, with six councilors each.
First District
[edit]The first city council district is composed of the western and southern barangays of the city, namely Bagong Ilog, Bagong Katipunan, Bambang, Buting, Caniogan, Kalawaan, Kapasigan, Kapitolyo, Malinao, Oranbo, Palatiw, Pineda, Sagad, San Antonio, San Joaquin, San Jose, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Santo Tomas, Sumilang, and Ugong.
The administration coalition won a majority of the district's seats in 2022, winning five of the six contested seats.
Term-limited councilors
- Reggie Balderama
Second District
[edit]The second city council district is composed of the northern and eastern barangays of the city, namely Dela Paz, Manggahan, Maybunga, Pinagbuhatan, Rosario, San Miguel, Santa Lucia, and Santolan.
The administration coalition won a majority of the district's seats in 2022, winning five of the six contested seats.
Term-limited councilors
- Corie Raymundo
House of Representatives election
[edit]The city elects one representative to the House of Representatives. The incumbent is Roman Romulo, who is on his second consecutive term. He is eligible to run for a third and final consecutive term.
Candidates
[edit]Declared
Potential
•Roman Romulo, incumbent representative (2019-present)
References
[edit]- ^ Domingo, Katrina (August 26, 2024). "Vico Sotto: 'Disgruntled' ex-City Hall workers part of group behind graft cases". Abante. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Servallos, Neil Jayson (August 20, 2024). "Vico Sotto, 3 others face graft raps". Philippine Star. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Panti, Llanesca (August 13, 2024). "Mayor Vico Sotto faces graft complaint over alleged illegal discount to telco". GMA News Online. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ "Vico Sotto, 3 others face graft raps". GMA News Online. August 21, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Alcober, Neil (October 1, 2024). "Pasig mayor slams concert". Daily Tribune. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Garcia, Patrick (January 26, 2024). "'4 floors lang pero naging 5 floors': Mayor Vico halts construction projects without building permits". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ "Partido ni PBBM may pambato sa pagka-mayor ng Pasig City". Abante. August 30, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ "Partido ni PBBM may pambato sa pagka-mayor ng Pasig City". Abante. August 30, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.