CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama does not care about critics who label him as “toxic,” saying no matter what, he is still the mayor until 2025.
“Never mind. He can describe me (as) anything, but sorry, I am still the mayor,” Rama said during Cebu City Hall’s online program “Ingna’ng Mayor” on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, referring to a statement made a day earlier by Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) chairman Jose Daluz III.
SURPRISED and worried.
This was the reaction of former Cebu City administrator Floro Casas Jr., when he learned that it would still be a Rama-Garcia tandem in the 2025 midterm elections.
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama announced on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, that Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia will be his running mate in the 2025 midterm elections.
The city mayor usually exercises his power of direct veto when the Cebu City Council is dominated by a party that is hostile to the chief executive, which happens when there are more councilors aligned with the rival party than the mayor's own.
REELECTED Kasambagan Barangay Captain Franklyn Ong, affiliated with Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK), has secured the support of two opposing party leaders in Cebu City current Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and former mayor Tomas Osmeña in defending his seat as president of the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC).