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If it were a road bike race, the route to the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) elections reached the final crucial 3 kilometers with the acting president, Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino and the shooting association director. with bow, Jesús Clint Aranas, preparing for a possible final sprint on November 27.
And so, on Saturday morning, Tolentino, who heads the national cycling sports association PhilCycling, took the leap by announcing his team for the elections that could go on to be one of the most exciting political exercises in the history of the POC.
Tolentino’s lineup? Tom Carrasco of triathlon as president, Cynthia Carrion of gymnastics as treasurer and Chito Loyzaga of baseball as auditor. They will join Al Panlilio in basketball (first vice president) and Richard Gomez in fencing and modern pentathlon (second vice president), whom the Congressman from Cavite (District 8) stripped naked on Tuesday.
The team is completed by Pearl Managuelod in muay, Dave Carter in judo, Prospero Pichay in chess and José Raúl Canlas in surfing.
Tolentino said in an online press conference Saturday that his ticket represents trust, good governance and performance-based.
“This is a ticket that is known for good governance and a trusted team in the sports community and the private business sector,” said Tolentino. “It is important to be confident.”
Aranas, a current member of the POC executive board, showed his partial ticket Wednesday comprised of Steve Hontiveros for handball for president, Philip Ella Juico for athletics as first vice president and Ada Milby for rugby as the candidate adopted by his team for second vice president. .
Milby previously stated that he is running as an independent.
Tolentino was elected president in the second of two special POC elections ordered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July last year, beating Juico by four votes, 24-20. In the first elections ordered by the IOC in February, Vargas defeated the three-term president, José Cojuangco Jr.
A total of 51 NSAs are participating in the tentative face-to-face elections at the cavernous East Ocean Palace in the city of Paranaque. Nomination begins on October 1 and ends on October 31.
