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Comelec tells Cebu governor-elect Baricuatro to answer electoral protest

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Annie Perez

ABS-CBN News

The Commission on Elections is asking Cebu govenor-elect Pamela Baricuatro to answer the allegations filed against her in the electoral protest filed by incumbent Governor Gwen Garcia.Baricuatro’s legal team confirmed that they received a summon from the Comelec Electoral Contests Adjudication Department. “The team is currently reviewing the documents,” said Atty. Edmund Lao, who is also the head of Baricuatro’s transition team.Garcia filed the electoral protest last May 23 at the Central Office questioning the results of over 4,100 clustered precincts.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/6/3/cebu-gov-garcia-files-electoral-protest-contests-4-100-precincts-1711">Cebu Gov. Garcia files electoral protest, contests 4,100 precincts</a></div>In a public address to mayors on Tuesday, Garcia said that “the result for the gubernational election here in Cebu did not reflect the honest will of the people”.Baricuatro in a statement said that they are handling the matter and will address it in due time.“At this point, I will no longer concern myself with the motivations behind my opponent’s filing of what is clearly a baseless and absurd protest,” she wrote.The governor-elect also said that she will not be “distracted from the important task of governance”.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/5/23/no-defiance-of-ombudsman-suspension-order-we-have-tro-garcia-lawyer-1149">No defiance of Ombudsman suspension order, we have TRO — Garcia lawyer</a></div>“As your people’s governor, my focus will concentrate on how best to deliver the kind of social services the people of Cebu so rightfully deserve,” Baricuatro added. Baricuatro garnered over 1.1 million votes in the recent polls, winning with more than 300,000 votes against Garcia.

The Commission on Elections is asking Cebu govenor-elect Pamela Baricuatro to answer the allegations filed against her in the electoral protest filed by incumbent Governor Gwen Garcia.

The Commission on Elections is asking Cebu govenor-elect Pamela Baricuatro to answer the allegations filed against her in the electoral protest filed by incumbent Governor Gwen Garcia.