The Commission on Election has disqualified Richard Gomez as a congressional candidate in for Ormoc, Leyte, due to lack of residency.
Right! It is Richard Gomez’s wife, Lucy Torres, who is a bonafide resident of Ormoc. Her family practically owns Ormoc.
Third time is not a charm for Richard Gomez. See, this is his third attempt at running for an elective position and the third time he lost even before the actual elections.
In his first attempt, Richard Gomez ran as party-list representative for Mamamayang Ayaw sa Droga (MAD) in 2001. The party list gathered many votes but was later disqualified. I thought this was a no-brainer since I don’t think drug addicts are a marginalized sector. But apparently it was disqualified for being funded by the government.
Richard Gomez ran for senator in 2007 as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. I didn’t know this fun fact, which is enough indication that he was a non-entity back then.
Richard Gomez being disqualified because he failed the required one-year residency in Ormoc is no surprise. Hello?! Before celebrities who are running in the coming May 2010 elections were barred from appearing on any entertainment show, we watched female contestants on Family Fued on GMA-7 make a fool of themselves over Goma five days a week. So, when did Richard have the time to go to Ormoc?
A former barangay chairman in Ormoc, Buenaventura Juntilla, filed a petition asking the Comelec to disqualify Gomez for not being a bona fide resident of Ormoc. Can we get this guy a medal for saving his home town from a potential absentee Congressman?
Richard will appeal the decision, according to his lawyers.
Uhm… Goodluck? Never say die? Try and try until you succeed?
Or better than all these clichés, ‘Get a clue, Richard! Politics hates you!”
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