278 FILED CCs

According to Dina Cabunoc, Municipal Election Officer of Initao,to date there are 278 candidates for the 28 October barangay elections. Thirty four for barangay chairmanship and the rest are for councilorship. Two Barangay Chairmen do not have challengers namely, Senalac and Tubigan. Other barangays have either two or three contesting. For the chairmen who do not have challengers, even just one vote will do, they will be declared winners, she said. There is no percentage whatsoever to meet unlike plebiscites. And Cabunoc told the Observer that the ongoing campaign period ends Saturday evening.