The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said Friday (January 22) that voters might see five people racing for mayor of Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi on May 9.
The poll body identified them as: Mateng Hadel (independent), Hapipi Lipae (independent), Putli Aisa Matolo (National Unity Party), Alsaggab Mohammad Ali (Liberal Party), and Alshid Mohammad-Ali (National People’s Coalition).
Sapa-Sapa, a third class municipality in the province of Tawi-Tawi, has a population of 28,781 people, according to the 2010 census.
MAYOR - SAPA-SAPA
HADIL, MATENG (IND)
LIPAE, HAPIPI (IND)
MATOLO, PUTLI AISA (NUP)
MOHAMMAD ALI, ALSAGGAB (LP)
MOHAMMAD-ALI, ALSHID (NPC)
VICE-MAYOR - SAPA-SAPA
ISHMAEL, MACAPAGAL (NUP)
MASDAL, ABUBAKAR (IND)
MOHAMMAD ALI, AL-RASHID (LP)
COUNCILOR - SAPA-SAPA
- ABDUHALIM, MOHAMMAD SAN (LP)
- ALDAM, JEHAN (LP)
- ALDAM, NULAMIN (LP)
- AMIRIL,MOHAMMAD RAJABASSAL (IND)
- BAIJAN, SAPURA (IND)
- BARA, MASIL (LP)
- GAYONG, ALFIDA (IND)
- GAYONG, HJA. AMINA (IND)
- HADJIRUL, ABUBAKAR (IND)
- HAMJA, MAD-ALIF (IND)
- HUSSIN, AMINSHID (IND)
- HUSSIN, NASSER (IND)
- HUSSIN, PEDRING (IND)
- HUSSIN, TANHUA (IND)
- IDRIS, ALTAMAR (IND)
- ISMAEL, RADJIA (NPC)
- JAAMIL, GELMIDA (NPC)
- JOE, ALBERT (LP)
- JOE, MINARDO (IND)
- JOE, RASUL (IND)
- KIPLI, DHENMAR (LP)
- LADJAAMAN, MUHADDIN (NPC)
- LIPAE, AL-SADAT (LP)
- LIPAE, BASIL (LP)
- LIPAE, SAIDYANORIE (IND)
- LIPAE-HUSSIN, MURALENA (IND)
- MARJAN, JOVELYN (IND)
- MATOLO, RHODESIA (IND)
- MAULANA, EDIN (IND)
- MAULANA, MUSTAMI (IND)
- MOHAMMAD ALI, SITTI FRISIA (IND)
- MOHAMMAD SHA, DAYANG (IND)
- SHALIM, SADAT (IND)
- TAIB-WAJA, NUR-AINA (IND)
- USMAN, ROMAN (NPC)
Guidelines for Verification
- The Certified List of Candidates (List), as posted, is merely an initial List and subject to editing.
- All candidates are enjoined to check their names, specifically their Names to Appear on the Official Ballot, in the List.
- Any request for correction, if allowed, shall be communicated to the Regional Election Director, Provincial Election Supervisor, or Election Officer concerned in writing until 21 January 2016. The Election Officer shall in turn, submit a memorandum to the Law Department, by the fastest means of communication with regard to the request for correction.
- The Law Department shall determine whether or not the request for correction is allowed.
- The List is subject to the outcome of the various cases/issues pending before the Commission.
Source: Commission on Elections