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Caloocan Rep. Erice guns for mayoral post, eyes replacing Malapitan

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Caloocan City 2nd District Rep. Edgar Erice filed his candidacy for Caloocan City mayor on Oct. 7, 2021. Raff Santos, ABS-CBN News " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/07/egay-erice.jpg"/><figcaption>Caloocan City 2nd District Rep. Edgar Erice filed his candidacy for Caloocan City mayor on Oct. 7, 2021. Raff Santos, ABS-CBN News </figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA - Caloocan 2nd District Representative Edgar Erice on Thursday filed his candidacy for mayor of the city, looking to put an end to the Malapitan family&#x27;s supposed dominance in the locality.</p><p>Erice, a former Liberal Party stalwart, will be going against Caloocan City 1st District Rep. Dale Malapitan, son of incumbent Mayor Oscar Malapitan.</p><p>The Malapitans will attempt to switch posts in the 2022 elections.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/06/21/malapitans-seek-to-switch-posts-in-caloocan">Malapitan father and son seek to switch posts in Caloocan</a></li></ul><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: Congressman Egay Erice files his certificate of candidacy for Mayor of Caloocan City. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2022</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/raffsantos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@raffsantos</a> <a href="https://t.co/fuEthUUS1v">pic.twitter.com/fuEthUUS1v</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1445971729902305282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Matalino ang mga taga-Caloocan, hindi sila papayag na maipasa-pasa ang kapangyarihan. Hindi sila papayag sa Malapitan Inc,&quot; Erice said.</p><p>(The residents in Caloocan are smart. They would not let power to be transferred exclusively. They won&#x27;t like the idea of Malapitan Inc.)</p><p>Erice&#x27;s running mate as vice mayor is incumbent city councilor PJ Malonzo. </p><p>He said he left the Liberal Party recently and switched allegiance to presidential aspirant Isko Moreno Domagoso&#x27;s party Aksyon Demokratiko.</p><p>&quot;These are extraordinary times, kaya hindi dapat kulay dilaw, pula o anuman. Dapat handa ka makinig sa lahat. Binigyan ko ang LP hanggang September para magbigay ng direksyon kung ano ang gagawin naming aksyon, pero wala,&quot; Erice said. </p><p>(It does not matter if your party is red, yellow or whatnot. We should be able to listen to everyone. I gave LP until September to give us any direction but there was none.)</p><p>Meanwhile, House Deputy Speaker Bienvenido &quot;Benny&quot; Abante Jr. formally kicked off his bid for a second term as the representative of the 6th legislative district of Manila.</p><p>Abante was accompanied by his family when he filed his certificate of candidacy at Comelec earlier in the day.</p><p>In Valenzuela City, Rep. Eric Martinez of the 2nd District also formalized on Wednesday his reelection bid.</p><p>The filing of candidacy for local and national posts will close on Friday, Oct. 8.</p><div><strong>-- With reports from RG Cruz and Raff Santos, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

Caloocan 2nd Dist. Rep. Edgar Erice filed his candidacy for mayor of the city, looking to put an end to the Malapitan family's supposed dominance in the locality.