Vico Sotto, Dodot Jaworski file candidacy for re-election in Pasig 2025 race

Katrina Domingo

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://news-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20241005091044/9942183842155861b784b2a12d51d7e3b253002830d11598348fff7df133771d.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Vice Mayor Robert Jaworski Jr. show their COCs after filing for re-election at the local Comelec Office on October 5, 2024. Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News" style="width:960px"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span data-teams="true" id="isPasted"><span dir="ltr">Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Vice Mayor Robert Jaworski Jr. show their COCs after filing for re-election at the local Comelec Office on October 5, 2024. <em>Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Vice Mayor Dodot Jaworski on Saturday filed their respective certificates of candidacy in the local Commission on Elections office, formalizing their re-election bid for the 2025 midterm elections.</p><p>Sotto and Jaworski are both running as independent candidates in 2025 after they  earlier bolted from Aksyon Demokratiko.</p><p>&quot;The first term, we started a lot of reforms, we introduced a lot of changes in the city. Second term, we started to institutionalize; third term, ito na siguro yung masasabi nating exciting part,&quot; Sotto told reporters.</p><p>&quot;Ang focus natin ngayon ay pagpatuloy mga maganda tapos kung may pagkukulang ay tingnan natin so expansions of existing programs,&quot; he said.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/28/will-vico-sotto-run-for-senator-in-2025-1026">READ: Why Vico Sotto is ‘not interested&#x27; in running for senator in 2025</a></div><p>Among the programs Sotto hopes to develop is the pension for senior citizens in Pasig, and the construction of the new city hall.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re really looking forward to the next three years. Tuluy-tuloy lang sa trabaho, kung pwede lang dere-deretso lang yung trabaho pero siyempre, napakaimportante nitong ginagawa natin every 3 years,&quot; he said.</p><p>Should he win a second term, Jaworski said he intends to focus on local legislation on livelihood to complement his push for better education policies.</p><p>&quot;I think kailangan ng mga kababayan natin ng maayos na trabaho pero bigyan din natin sila ng tamang skill at talento para makuha nila yung mga available na industriya na nandito sa Pasig,&quot; Jaworski said.</p><p>&quot;Priority po natin to solve the poverty problem here in the city of Pasig. It has to be effort from the entire community, hindi lang sa aming pamahalaan,&quot; he said.</p><p>Sotto is expected to compete with Sarah Discaya, one of the owners of St. Gerrard General Contractor and Development Corporation (SGGCDC), while Jaworski may be pitted against former Pasig Vice Mayor Iyo Caruncho Bernardo.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/4/vico-sotto-shows-proof-of-trolls-for-hire-on-facebook-1635">READ: Vico Sotto shows proof of &#x27;trolls for hire&#x27; on Facebook</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/3/vico-sotto-links-2025-election-rival-to-miru-system-s-ex-partner-2356">READ: Vico Sotto links 2025 election rival to Miru System’s ex-partner</a></div><p>Sotto was accompanied by his parents — veteran actors Vic Sotto and Coney Reyes — while Jaworski came with his Olympian-wife Mikee Cojuanco and their three sons.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ShEu42DjYoU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sotto and Jaworski are both running as independent candidates in 2025 after they earlier bolted from Aksyon Demokratiko.</p>

Sotto and Jaworski are both running as independent candidates in 2025 after they earlier bolted from Aksyon Demokratiko.

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Vico Sotto, Dodot Jaworski file candidacy for re-election in Pasig 2025 race

Vico Sotto, Dodot Jaworski file candidacy for re-election in Pasig 2025 race

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Oct 05, 2024 03:42 PM PHT

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