Gandamra dynasty matriarch takes Marawi’s BARMM seat
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Physician Princess Pala Gandamra, the matriarch of the Gandamra political dynasty, wins the race for the parliamentary seat of Marawi City and the first district of Lanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Gandamra received 63,832 or 84.71% of the votes in her district, according to Lanao del Sur’s total certificates of canvass on the Commission on Elections’ website. With an overwhelming lead, she defeated her closest competitor, Adbulrahman Taher, who only got 7,239 votes.
She also captured a seat for the Serbisyong Inklusibo-Alyansang Progresibo Party (SIAP), which is led by Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr.
A former legislator of Marawi’s City Council, Gandamra is known as the mother of Marawi Mayor Shariff Gandamra and Councilor Mohammad Shaquille Gandamra, and the wife of former Marawi mayor and incumbent Marawi Vice Mayor Majul Gandamra.
The SIAP, together with the Bangsamoro Peoples Party and Al-Ittihad-Ungaya sa Kawagib Nu Bangsamoro, form the BARMM Grand Coalition, a regional political party headed by Abdulrahman Rubbil Sangki Mangudadatu. – Rappler.com
