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Gatchalian brothers to switch posts in 2022 elections

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Courtesy of Raffy Santos, ABS-CBN News/Rex Gatchalian Facebook Page" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/01/20211001-gatchalian-coc.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of Raffy Santos, ABS-CBN News/Rex Gatchalian Facebook Page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—Brothers Rex and Wes Gatchalian will try to swap posts in the 2022 elections.</p><p>Rex, a 3-term Valenzuela City mayor, is seeking a return to the House of Representatives.</p><p>His brother Wes, who represents the 1st district of Valenzuela City, will gun for the mayoralty seat.</p><p>The siblings filed their respective certificates of candidacy at the Comelec office in Valenzuela on Friday.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: Gatchalian brothers at the Comelec office in Valenzuela.<br/><br/>Sen. Win Gatchalian still mum on what position he will run for; Mayor Rex Gatchalian is running for Congress, while Wes Gatchalian will look to take over as Mayor of their bailiwick, Valenzuela City. <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/asRyqGxZqt">pic.twitter.com/asRyqGxZqt</a></p>— Raffy Sison Santos (@raffsantos) <a href="https://twitter.com/raffsantos/status/1443743608704618496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2021</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>&quot;Never finished my stint in Congress noon... spent 2 terms sa Congress... so if the people of the 1st district will have me, this is my chance to get that 3rd term,&quot; Rex <a href="https://twitter.com/rex_gatchalian/status/1443784521405534247" target="_blank">wrote on Twitter</a>.</p><p>&quot;If I get a chance to go back to Congress, I carry with me 9 years of executive experience... and hopefully those insights I learned in city hall all these years can help me craft laws. But for now... focus muna sa work sa city hall,&quot; he added.</p><p>Rex was elected congressman of Valenzuela in the 2007 elections. He was reelected in 2010.</p><p>Their brother, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, has yet to announce which position he is going for. He earlier said he was eyeing the vice presidency. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/04/21/gatchalian-eyes-vp-post-seeks-tandem-with-sara-duterte">Gatchalian eyes VP post, seeks tandem with Sara Duterte</a></li></ul><div><strong>—With a report from Raffy Santos, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

Brothers Rex and Wes Gatchalian will try to swap positions in the 2022 elections.