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Incumbent Malabon councilor Jose Lorenzo “Enzo” Oreta is still running as Malabon mayor.

This is contrary to a May 7 post by Facebook page Youth Philippines claiming that Oreta has announced that he has been disqualified over a string of cases filed against him.

Oreta is the younger brother of three-term incumbent Malabon mayor, Antolin “Lenlen” Oreta III. He is running against Nacionalista Party’s Jeannie Sandoval.

Last March, a Malabon resident filed corruption cases against the Oreta brothers in the Ombudsman for alleged nepotism.

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