2007 Pasay local elections
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May 14, 2007
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Local elections were held in Pasay on May 14, 2007, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the representative for the lone district, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city.
In September 2006, Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad, Vice Mayor Antonino "Tony" Calixto, and 10 councilors (including 2 ex-officio councilors, the Liga ng mga Barangay president and SK federation president) were suspended for six months due to anomalous garbage collection and disposal contracts.[1] This left Councilors Allan Panaligan and Arvin "Bong" Tolentino as acting mayor and vice mayor, respectively. Panaligan and Tolentino took oath before the DILG on September 4.[2]
In January 2007, a month after the preventive suspension had been lifted, acting mayor Allan Panaligan barricaded the city hall due to a flock of Trinidad's supporters outside.[3]
Background
Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad ran for re-election. He faced Rep. Ma. Consuelo "Connie" Dy.[4]
Vice Mayor Antonino "Tony" Calixto ran for re-election, He was challenged by former Acting Vice Mayor and Second District Councilor Arvin "Bong" Tolentino and former Vice Mayor Gregorio "Greg" Alcera.
Rep. Ma. Consuelo "Connie" Dy chose to ran as mayor. She chosen Former Acting Mayor and Second District Councilor Allan Panaligan to run in her place.[5] Panaligan was challenged by Second District Councilor Dr. Jose Antonio "Lito" Roxas, Ricardo "Ding" Santos, former chief security aide of former Mayor Pablo Cuneta, and former Rep. Lorna Verano-Yap.