Reelectionist Muntinlupa Rep. Jaime Fresnedi filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Oct. 5 for the May 12, 2024 national and local elections.
He filed his COC with the Office of the Regional Election Director for the National Capital Region in San Juan.
Fresnedi will be seeking to win his second term as Muntinlupa’s congressman. He previously served as Muntinlupa’s vice mayor and mayor before winning as congressman in 2022.
Reelectionist Muntinlupa Rep. Jaime Fresnedi shows his certificate of candidacy on Oct. 5 (Photo from Rep. Fresnedi's Facebook account)
One Muntinlupa political party candidates (from left) vice mayoral bet Allen Fresnedi-Ampaya, Mayor Ruffy Biazon and Muntinlupa Rep. Jaime Fresnedi at the Commission on Elections Muntinlupa office on Oct. 4 (Jonathan Hicap)
“Ngayon, opisyal ko na rin pong hinain ang aking CoC para maging kinatawan muli ng Muntinlupa sa Kongreso. Kalakip ng papel na ito ay ang pangakong hindi masasawalang bahala ang tiwala’t pagmamahal na patuloy po ninyong ibinibigay sa akin, at sa buong One Muntinlupa (Now, I have officially filed my COC to become Muntinlupa’s representative in Congress again. Attached to this paper is the promise that your trust and love that you continue to give me and the whole One Muntinlupa [party] will not be ignored),” Fresnedi posted on Facebook.
He said in Congress, he became the principal author of 277 bills and co-author of 23 bills since 2022.
Fresnedi cited the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) survey as one of the best performing lawmakers in the National Capital Region with an 86.3 percent job performance approval rating in 2023.
“Kaya sa muli kong pagtakbo, isa lang ang dapat ninyong asahan—iyon ay ang lalo ko pang sisipagan at pagbubutihin ang aking serbisyo. Tuloy-tuloy lang sa pagpanukala ng mga batas para sa ikauunlad ng masang Pilipino. (That’s why in my run for office again, you should remember only one thing–that is I will more diligent and further improve my service. I will continue to file laws for the development of Filipinos),” he said.
On Oct. 4, Fresnedi accompanied his partymates in One Muntinlupa to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Muntinlupa office in Alabang for the filing of their COCs.
The Comelec set the filing of COCs from Oct. 1 to 8.