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Youth leader Jinsei Castillo files her certificate of candidacy for councilor of Las Piñas' District 1 on Oct. 8, 2024 in this photo from Kabataan Partylist - Las Piñas' Facebook page

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Ched Rick Gatchalian

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1728383741473Jinsei-Castillo.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Youth leader Jinsei Castillo files her certificate of candidacy for councilor of Las Piñas&#x27; District 1 on Oct. 8, 2024 in this photo from Kabataan Partylist - Las Piñas&#x27; Facebook page" style="width:960px"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Youth leader Jinsei Castillo files her certificate of candidacy for councilor of Las Piñas&#x27; District 1 on Oct. 8, 2024 in this photo from Kabataan Partylist - Las Piñas&#x27; Facebook page</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:-0.18px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">—</span> Amidst the increasing number of traditional candidates and reelectionists, a youth leader is seeking to be part of the city council of Las Piñas, the bailiwick of the Villar and Aguilar clans.</p><p>Jinsei Castillo, the chairperson of Kabataan Partylist - Las Piñas, filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) for councilor for the city&#x27;s District 1 on Tuesday morning.</p><p>She said she will bring &quot;true leadership&quot; in multisectoral fights.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/6/las-pi-as-councilor-files-coc-describes-congressional-bid-as-david-vs-goliath-1628" id="isPasted">RELATED: Las Piñas councilor files COC; describes congressional bid as &#x27;David vs Goliath&#x27;</a></div><p>&quot;Finally entering Las Piñas&#x27; dragons den in politics, the home of well-known political evils and dynasties, where the Villar-Aguilar resides. As Makabayan&#x27;s brave knight, it&#x27;s my sworn duty to slay the beasts and bring forth true leadership carrying multisectoral fights,&quot; she wrote on X.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1843523411823468872&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-10-08T11%3A04%3A13.156812%3A0625c552-2f5e-4341-bc1d-55db0ecec7ef%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=8057dedfadd8c183a7dd9a807c31f91d6d227c78&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:490px;height:615px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1843523411823468872"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>On its Facebook page, Kabataan Partylist - Las Piñas said Castillo &quot;is fighting for the rights to free and quality education, budget increases for the education sector, minimum wage increases, and the end of contractualization.&quot;</p><p>Kabataan is part of the Makabayan coalition, which is also fielding party-lists and an 11-person Senate slate of representatives of marginalized sectors.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/7/cynthia-villar-eyes-lone-congressional-seat-in-las-pinas-1950">READ: Cynthia Villar eyes lone congressional seat in Las Piñas; Quimbos, Teodoros to face off in Marikina<br/></a></div><p>The filing of certificates of candidacy, which started on October 1 and ended on Tuesday afternoon, has revived discussions on political dynasties as relatives of incumbent officials announced their election bids.</p><p>&quot;Family kami, but it has been done [by] my father since 1963. Pinamana niya sa amin na mahalin ang Las Piñas (He passed on to us the love for Las Piñas). And, I thought, it&#x27;s the memory of my father who really loved Las Piñas when he was alive,&quot; Sen. Cynthia Villar, clan matriarch and candidate Las Piñas district reprsentative said Monday as she filed her COC.</p><p>Villar&#x27;s daughter<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/4/camille-villar-files-candidacy-for-senator-1054"> Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar is running for senator</a> in the 2025 polls, potentially the fourth from the family to be elected to the Senate. </p><p>Rep. Villar&#x27;s brother Mark is a sitting senator while their father Manny is a former Senate president and is president of the Nacionalista Party.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/6/festiveness-families-citizens-frustrations-mark-start-of-election-season-1732">RELATED: Festiveness, families, citizens&#x27; frustrations mark start of election season</a></div>

<p>Amidst the increasing numbers of traditional re-electionists, a youth leader is seeking to be a district 1 councilor of Las Piñas city.</p>

Amidst the increasing numbers of traditional re-electionists, a youth leader is seeking to be a district 1 councilor of Las Piñas city.

'My sworn duty to slay the beasts': Youth leader files candidacy for Las Piñas councilor

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'My sworn duty to slay the beasts': Youth leader files candidacy for Las Piñas councilor

Ched Rick Gatchalian,

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Published October 08, 2024 06:42 PM PHT

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