Oath Taking of Barangay Chairman Narciso G. Hermosa, Jr.

Reconvening and the Proclamation of Barangay Mariblo Rightful Winner for 2010 Barangay Chairmanship Election 

June 22, 2011, Wednesday was one of the most remembered day in the election history in Barangay Mariblo, District 1, Area IV, Quezon City. Some said that this was first in the Philippine Election History. 

During the October 2010 Election, the two former kagawad canditates, Hon. Narciso Gabonada Hermosa, Jr. and Mr. Oliver A. Algas found out that there is a nuisance candidate  before their names. As a result, two former kagawad, Mr. Oliver A. Algas and Mr. Jerome Taeza got tied on 511 votes,  while Hon. Narciso G. Hermosa, Jr.got 504 votes plus 56 stray votes.

Hon. Narciso G. Hermosa, Jr. took an early action on the matter. The Comelec, last Oct. 26, in response to another petition filed by Hermosa, declared another candidate, Nariso Gabriel Hermosa Jr., as a nuisance candidate and ordered the latter’s name be stricken from the official list of candidates for the Oct. 25 barangay polls. 

Furthermore, after the election,  the Comelec issued another resolution Friday, granting a motion filed by another candidate, Narciso Gabonada Hermosa Jr., to suspend the tie breaking  process of the two former kagawad who garnered the same number of votes. 

Hermosa moved for the suspension “as it could significantly alter the number of votes received” by him “and would materially affect the results of the elections.” Hermosa said that if the tiebreaker proceeded as scheduled, it will eventually lead to the proclamation of the chairman of Barangay Mariblo, to his prejudice.