Only one candidate filed a certificate of candidacy (COC) in Pateros on the first day of filing for the May 12, 2025 national and local elections.
Election officer Armando Mallorca posted photos of the first and only candidate to file the COC on Oct. 1.
This was Jojo Nicdao who submitted his COC for councilor in the first district of Pateros to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) local office.
Jojo Nicdao (center) submits his certificate of candidacy for councilor in Pateros to election officer Armando Mallorca (left) (Photos from Armando Mallorca, Jojo Nicdao's Facebook accounts)
“October 01, 2024 - First Filer Comelec Pateros - Coun. Jojo Nicdao Independent Councilor, District 1, Pateros Metro Manila,” Nicdao posted on Facebook.
Nicdao was a former councilor of Pateros. He ran for reelection in the 2022 elections but failed to win a seat in the municipal council.
Voters in Pateros will elect a mayor, vice mayor, congressman and six councilors in each of the two districts.
Incumbent Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III is in his third and last term and will not seek any elective position in next year’s polls, saying, “I want to give chance to others.”
Pateros Municipal Administrator and former vice mayor Gerald German will be running for mayor.