LUGUS, Sulu - In a show of strength and unity,
Barangay leaders and their constituents have thrown their all-out support to
incumbent municipal mayor Al-Zhuduri ‘Den’ Asmadun of Lugus, Sulu following a
solidarity meeting held recently in the province 2nd District.
At least 16 out of 17 Barangay Captains and other
local leaders have expressed their renewed commitments and support to mayor
Asmadun’s administration even as they vowed to support him in his bid for Vice
mayor in the forthcoming May 9 local elections.
At the same time, the village leaders, who are
members of the Association of Barangay Chairmen in the Lugus municipality, have
also prominently supported the political party line-up of the local executive
for the 2016 polls.
Rallying behind the Aquino administration local
political party ticket the Barangay Chairman pledged to work for their victory.
They are; Almudzar Jurkarnain of Barangay Mangkalay; Ambay Putalan of Barangay
Laha; Hadj Imran Arabani of Barangay Tubig Tuwak; Aljaser Kallah of Barangay
Huwit-Huwit; Mijar Janani of Barangay Lugus Proper; Al Jihad Hassan of Barangay
Tingcangan: Arnel Muhad of Barangay Mantan: Alvin Adil of Barangay Pait;
Sawradjan Wahab of Barangay Alu Duyung: Lino Asdali of Barangay bas Nunuk: Sakur Misah of Barangay Rugasan; Kahil
Asmadul of Barangay Tangkulan; Abduraja juhuri of Barangay Subul; Maimona
Butlangan of Barangay Bas lugus; Hadja
Mannang Pintasan of Barangay Kayawan; Jimar Arasi of Barangay Alu Bus-Bus. Other leaders to
include barangay kagawads are also supporting him.
As elected mayor, Asmadun will end his complete 3
terms (9 years) in July this year and his father, the consistent and undefeated
former mayor Abdusali K. Asmadun is running again for mayor in the coming
elections.
The elder Asmadun served Lugus, for more than a
decade as mayor and will make a came back and throw his hat luck into the
political arena.
Lugus has an estimated over 50-thousand population
with more or less 14,000 registered voters. It is one of the 11 towns in Sulu’s
2nd district in the Muslim autonomous region.
“I am overwhelmed by the show of unity and support
of all the barangay chairmen. This is a very positive manifestation of a truly
united Lugus with its leaders working together geared towards peace and development that will be sustained
today and beyond the election day, Inshaallah!”, Mayor Den Asmadun stressed.
The father-son tandem will be a “powerhouse” to
giving in to their constituents’ clamour to run under administration’s Partido
Liberal (LP) under the “Daang Matuwid,” according to the barangay elders.
The administration party is led by incumbent
re-electionist Sulu Provincial Governor Abdusakur “Totoh” A. Tan, Jr. , and
incumbent Vice Provincial Governor
Abdusakur Tan, who is gunning for
the Regional Gubernatorial post in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM).
Mayor Den Asmadun, considered to be one among the
youngest mayors in the Sulu province that had serve with principles and
idealism the island town’s constituents over the past 8 years.
As a dedicated public servant, mayor Den, who is a
degree holder and a graduate of
Bachelor’s of Law (LLB), a responsible and faithful family man vowed to pursue
the projects and programs of the administration to bring about sustainable
peace and unequalled progress beneficial to his hometown. (JTC)
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UNITED WE STAND--Sixteen out of 17 Lugus,
Sulu Barangay chieftains pledges to support
Mayor Asmadun; (Top-L-R) Almudzar Jurkarnain
of Barangay Mangkalay; Ambay Putalan of
Barangay Laha; Hadji Imran Arabani of Barangay
Tubig Tuwak; Aljaser Kallah of Barangay
Huwit-Huwit: Mijar Janani of Barangay Lugus
Proper; Al Jihad Hassan of Barangay Tingcangan:
Arnel Muhad
of Barangay Mantan: Alvin Adil of
Barangay Pait; Sawradjan Wahab of Barangay
Alu Duyung: Lino Asdali of Barangay Bas Nunuk:
Sakur Misah of Barangay Rugasan; Kahil Asmadul
of Barangay Tangkulan; (Seated: L-R) Abduraja
Juhuri of Barangay Subul; Maimona Butlangan
of Barangay Bas lugus; Mayoralty candidate
Abdulsali K. Asmadun (former Lugus Mayor) ;
Incumbent Mayor and V-Mayoralty bet Al-Zhuduri
“Den” Asmadun ; Hadji Mannang Pintasan of
Barangay Kayawan; Jimar Arasi of Barangay
Alu Bus-Bus.
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