Lanao del Sur governor’s nephew tops race for 3rd District BARMM seat
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Abdul Rauf Adiong, nephew of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr., has won the province’s 3rd District seat in the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections.
Adiong received 55,714 or 66.62% of his district’s votes, according to Lanao del Sur’s total certificates of canvass on the Commission on Elections’ website.
He won by a wide lead over his closest competitor, independent candidate Edrieza Rimbang, who got 19,996 23.91% of the votes. In third place is United Bangsamoro Justice Party bet Jamel Ditucalan Macaraya with 7,628 or 9.12% of the votes, while independent candidate Sittie Saleha Mangurun trails the race with 287 or 0.34% of the votes.
Both Macaraya and Rimbang were former members of the Bangsamoro Parliament, while Mangurun is a former barangay chairperson of Malinao in Tagoloan.
Adiong ran under his uncle’s party, the Serbisyong Inklusibo-Alyansang Progresibo Party. The Adiong scion is the son of Ditsaan-Ramain Mayor Ansaruddin Abdul Malik Alonto Adiong and the grandson of the late former Lanao del Sur governor Mamintal Adiong Sr. – Rappler.com
