A total of 21 individuals have filed their respective certificate of candidacy (COC) in Binangonan, Rizal for the local positions during the eight days of the submission of documents of those who intend to run in the May 12, 2025 elections.
The Binangonan office of the Commission on Election (Comelec) said a total of 21 individuals submitted their COC from October 1 to October 8, including the incumbent municipal administrator and a staff at the provincial capitol in Antipolo City.
Administrator Russel Guiller Callanta Ynares, who was the municipal administrator at the office of the mayor, is eyeing the position of vice mayor.
Binangonan Municipal Administrator Russel Ynares (4th from left) showing the COC he filed. Flanking him are his wife and three children (in red shirt) and Mayor Cesar Ynares (black shirt). (photo from Binangonan Action Center Volunteer's FB page)
He said there are a lot of things that need to be prioritized and continue to be done among the projects of the municipality under the administration of his father, Mayor Cesar Ynares.
Ma. Elvira Cecille Rivera Ynares, who worked at the office of Rizal Governor Nina Ricci Ynares in the capitol and is the daughter of incumbent Binangonan Vice Mayor Cecilio ‘Boyet’ Ynares, is gunning the position of mayor.
Comelec-Binangonan Election Officer Camille Consuelo Cuaderno told Manila Bulletin except for the two Ynareses, no one else filed their COC for the mayoralty and vice mayoralty position, making the tandem of the Nationalist Peoples Coalition for the two positions unopposed for the 2025 election.
Russel Guiller used to be the provincial administrator during the term of Governor Rebecca ‘Nini’ Ynares at the capitol.