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Longest serving Muntinlupa councilor eyes higher position in next elections

Published May 18, 2025 12:26 pm
Muntinlupa Councilor Raul Corro (Photo from Raul Corro's Facebook account)
Muntinlupa Councilor Raul Corro (Photo from Raul Corro's Facebook account)

The longest serving councilor in the history of Muntinlupa said he is open to run for a higher position in the next elections. 

Lawyer Raul Corro was reelected as District 1 councilor in Muntinlupa for his eighth term in the May 12 national and local elections. 

“Nanalo po ako sa aking ika walong termino, pinakamahaba na sa kasaysayan ng Muntinlupa! Ito ay isang pambihirang karangalan na hindi ko makakalimutan habang ako ay nabubuhay (I won my eighth term, the longest in the history of Muntinlupa! This is a rare honor that I will never forget as long as I live),” he posted on Facebook. 

Corro ran under the One Muntinlupa party headed by Mayor Ruffy Biazon together with Rep. Jaime Fresnedi. 

Raul Corro (2nd from right) and the other winning councilors in District 1 in Muntinlupa during their proclamation on May 13 (Jonathan Hicap)
Raul Corro (2nd from right) and the other winning councilors in District 1 in Muntinlupa during their proclamation on May 13 (Jonathan Hicap)
Muntinlupa Councilor Raul Corro (Photo from Raul Corro's Facebook account)
Muntinlupa Councilor Raul Corro (Photo from Raul Corro's Facebook account)
Muntinlupa Councilor Raul Corro (Photo from Raul Corro's Facebook account)
Muntinlupa Councilor Raul Corro (Photo from Raul Corro's Facebook account)

This is also Corro’s third consecutive term as councilor and he is ineligible to run for the same position in the 2028 polls. 

Section 43 of Republic Act 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991) mandates that “no local elective official shall serve for more than three (3) consecutive terms in the same position.” 

He told Manila Bulletin that if there is an opportunity to run for a higher position in their party, he is open to run as a party candidate. 

Corro was first elected as Muntinlupa councilor 1998 and was reelected in 2001 and 2004. He was elected again in 2010, 2013, 2019, 2022 and 2025. 

People commented on his Facebook account that he should run for a higher position in Muntinlupa in 2028. 

Corro is credited as the “Architect of Muntinlupa Cityhood” by former mayor Ignacio Bunye for being the chairman of the Muntinlupa Cityhood Project in 1995. 

During the time, Corro, as head of the Muntinlupa Legal Office and Public Information Office, led in preparing all documents needed to be submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives, and campaigned for support for Muntinlupa’s cityhood bill. Muntinlupa became a highly urbanized city March 1, 1995 with the enactment of Republic Act 7926. 

Corro was elected the No. 1 councilor in Muntinlupa five times for garnering the highest number of votes. He also served for five terms as majority floor leader of the Muntinlupa City Council. 

He became the national chairman of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) and a member of the National Executive Board of the Union of the Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP). 

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