By Junex Doronio
MANILA — Eager to try his luck on a new battlefield, former rebel soldier and ex-Senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV is now training his gun on the mayoralty seat of Caloocan City in 2025, thereby challenging the Malapitan dynasty that has ruled for over a decade.
On Tuesday, Trillanes candidly admitted in a television interview that he’s keen on running for a local post instead of seeking a Senate comeback in the 2025 midterm elections.
“Right now I’m more inclined to go into local politics,” he quipped during the ANC’s “Headstart interview.
The incumbent mayor of Caloocan is Dale Gonzalo “Along” Malapitan whose father, Oscar or “Oca” held the mayoralty post from 2013 to 2022.
Former Mayor Oca Malapitan is currently the congressional representative of Caloocan’s first district.
But can Trillanes match, if not surpass, the achievements of the Malapitan political dynasty which is likened to a “good cholesterol” by their supporters?
Residents here earlier told Maharlika NuMedia that Caloocan City has tremendously developed under the leadership of the Malapitans in line with the “Aksyon at Malasakit” slogan.
They claimed that under the Malapitan administration, the once dirty and “dangerous” Monumento had been cleaned up, and no longer would anyone pass by fearing for his life and security.
Under the administration of Malapitan, they said the University of Caloocan City was established and two modern medical centers were built – the Caloocan City Medical Center (CCMC) and the Caloocan City North Medical Center.
(el Amigo/MNM)
