- GILBERT BAYORAN
Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. said he cannot deny the possibility of him running for vice governor of Negros Occidental in the 2025 elections should incumbent VG Jeffrey Ferrer opt for a congressional post to replace his wife, 4th District Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer.
“These are possibilities which we cannot deny,” said Escalante, who is now on his second term as mayor of Cadiz.
But he said the names of 2nd District Rep. Alfredo Marañon III and Sagay City Vice Mayor Leo Rafael Cueva are also being floated by some United Negros Alliance (UNegA) members as possible candidates for the vice gubernatorial position.
Ferrer earlier said that he is open to any political plan in 2025, stressing that he will face “whatever mission will be given by the Lord”.
Escalante, Marañon, Cueva, and Ferrer are all members of UNegA.
But Escalante said that UNegA and its coalesced party, Love Negros, have not convened to discuss the vice gubernatorial race.
He also entertained the possibility that Ferrer may want to finish his term as vice governor and run for governor in the midterm elections.
“There is no definite in politics. It will change anytime,” Escalante stressed./GB
