This was after Faustino "Bojie" Dy III regained his family's reign over the province by defeating re-electionist Governor Grace Padaca in their neck-and-neck battle in last Monday's national and local elections.
Based on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) official tally released Thursday night, Dy (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) garnered 274,757 votes while Padaca (Liberal Party) got 271,319.
Dy, however, has yet to be proclaimed pending the go-signal from the regional election supervisor, Noli Pipo.
Provincial election supervisor Manuel Castillo said they are still waiting for the election results from Santiago city, an independent city that does vote for governor and vice governor.
The camp of Padaca said she is still consulting with her lawyers before making any official announcement.
FINAL SHOWDOWN. Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca (left) once again faces Faustino Dy III, this time not in the Congressional arena but in the gubernatorial derby. AP and Aie Balagtas See
Reprise
The 2010 gubernatorial election in Isabela is reminiscent of the 2001 elections when Padaca, a radio commentator critical of the Dy dynasty, first challenged Dy, who was then mayor of Cauayan town. Padaca lost in that elections.
Since then, the fight between Padaca and the Dy family has acquired dramatic color, especially in 2004 when she ended the Dy dynasty’s three-decade reign by beating then incumbent governor Faustino Dy Jr.
Banking on her promise to reform province's transactional political system, Padaca retained her post in the 2007 polls, defeating Benjamin Dy, brother of Bojie Dy. - with Francis Hechanova/KBK, GMANews.TV
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