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Cavite vice mayor's widow eyes town's top post

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<p>MANILA - The wife of slain Trece Martires Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan of Cavite province registered Tuesday her candidacy for the top post in her town.</p><p>Lubigan was in a sports utility vehicle when gunmen in another vehicle opened fire in July. He and his bodyguard were killed in the attack that occurred outside a hospital in Trece Martires. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/07/18/cavite-town-vice-mayor-killed-in-ambush">Cavite town vice mayor killed in ambush</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/08/18/caught-on-cam-fatal-ambush-on-cavite-vice-mayor">CAUGHT ON CAM: Fatal ambush on Cavite vice mayor</a></li></ul><p>His widow Gemma Lubigan filed her certificate of candidacy for mayor with her supporters and running mate Bobby Montehermoso Jr., chairman of Barangay De Ocampo. </p><p>Mrs. Lubigan told reporters that she will continue the fight of her husband who was supposed to run for the same post. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/09/18/slain-vice-mayor-eyed-higher-post-kin-aides">Slain vice mayor eyed higher post - kin, aides</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/13/18/death-not-in-vain-wife-of-slain-cavite-town-vice-mayor-seeks-justice">Death not in vain: Wife of slain Cavite town vice mayor seeks justice</a></li></ul><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Asawa ng pinaslang na si Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan na si Gemma Lubigan ,nag-file na ng certificate of candidacy para mayor sa Trece Martirez City, Cavite; runningmate niya si Brgy. Chairman Bobby Montehermoso ,Jr. | via <a href="https://twitter.com/Dennis_Datu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Dennis_Datu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/etgPYzxXEA">pic.twitter.com/etgPYzxXEA</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1052028694468816897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Among those that will challenge the widow&#x27;s election bid is former mayor Melancio &quot;Jun&quot; De Sagun Jr., father of incumbent local chief executive Melencio De Sagun. </p><p>The younger De Sagun was identified by a witness as the alleged mastermind in Lubigan&#x27;s slay. He is facing murder charges. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/12/18/mayor-tagged-in-trece-martires-vice-mayors-slay-seeks-more-time-to-answer-charges">Mayor tagged in Trece Martires vice mayor&#x27;s slay seeks more time to answer charges</a></li></ul><p>Speaking to ABS-CBN News, the elder De Sagun denied his son&#x27;s alleged hand in the assassination, saying the evidence against him is merely hearsay. </p><p>&quot;Pinagbintangan ka lang, ikaw na? Hindi naman ah,&quot; he said. </p><p>&quot;Mababaw lang ang kanila. Ang ebidensyang hearsay, hindi matibay.&quot; </p><p>(If you&#x27;ve been accused, does that automatically make you guilty? That shouldn&#x27;t be so. Their argument is shallow. Evidence based on heresay is weak.) </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Ex-Mayor Melencio De Sagun, Jr.,itinangging ang anak na si Mayor Melandres De Sagun ang nagpapatay kay Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan ng Trece Martirez City, Cavite | via <a href="https://twitter.com/Dennis_Datu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Dennis_Datu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/aHTNuVylIF">pic.twitter.com/aHTNuVylIF</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1052009806603550721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Also running for Trece Martirez&#x27;s top office is incumbent Vice Mayor Denver Colorado. </p><p>Authorities are still mulling over whether or not to declare Trece Martires as an &quot;area of immediate concern&quot; ahead of May&#x27;s polls, said provincial election supervisor Atty. Sheryl Moresca-Julie. </p><p>Lubigan&#x27;s killing came in the same week in which Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili of Batangas and General Tinio Mayor Ferdinand Bote of Nueva Ecija were shot dead. </p><p>Seventeen local officials have been killed since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016. </p><div><strong>Report from Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News </strong></div>

<p>The wife of slain Trece Martires Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan of Cavite province registered Tuesday her candidacy for the top post in her town.</p>

The wife of slain Trece Martires Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan of Cavite province registered Tuesday her candidacy for the top post in her town.