FROILAN T. GRUEZO A. Luna St., Majayjay, Laguna

23 October 2015

HON. SEN. AQUILINO DELA LLANA PIMENTEL III President Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) 512 5th Flr., GSIS Bldg., Financial Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City Thru: ATTY. RYAN ESTEVEZ Head Political Affairs

RE: Recall and Withdrawal of Endorsement/Nomination of Danilo A. Vito As A Replacement For PDP-Laban Member In The Sangguniang Bayan Of Majayjay, Laguna

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Application To Become Municipal Chairman/Head In Majayjay And/ Or Provincial Chairman/Head For The Province Of Laguna of PDP-Laban

Dear Hon. Sen. Pimentel,

The undersigned would like to first extend our grateful gratitude to you in giving me and my team the privilege to become members of PDP-Laban and the official candidates of PDP-Laban for the 2016 Local

Election in Majayjay, Laguna (Majayjay). As bonafide member of PDP-Laban and in behalf of the other members of PDP-Laban in Majayjay, the undersigned would like to request for the recall and withdrawal

of the nomination of Mr. Danilo A. Vito (Mr. Vito) as the nominated member of PDP-Laban for the vacated position by a member of the PDP-Laban in the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Majayjay. If you would recall, Mr. Vito has been nominated by PDP-Laban to replace the

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position vacated by PDP-Laban member Valeriano O. Vito, Jr., who have taken the position of Vice Mayor of Majayjay when the former

Vice Mayor was found administratively guilty in an administrative case and meted out the penalty of perpetual disqualification from holding public office by the OMBUDSMAN.

During the 2013 Local Election in Majayjay, Mr. Vito is not a

member of PDP-Laban as he is an independent candidate. He applied for and became member of PDP-Laban a few days before his endorsement/nomination as the representative of the PDP-Laban for

the said position vacated in the SB of Majayjay by a member of PDP-Laban. However, after his appointment as member of SB of Majayjay, Mr. Vito had abandoned his membership with PDP-Laban without even giving PDP-Laban the simple courtesy of informing it that he

has already transferred to the Nacionalista Party. In fact, he is now the official candidate for Vice Mayor of Nacionalista Party in Majayjay for the 2016 Local Election.

In this connection, and so as to avoid a bad precedent in our town of a politician applying for membership in PDP-Laban for the convenient purpose of getting the endorsement/nomination to be a

replacement for a PDP-Laban member in SB, the undersigned would like to respectfully request your good office to recall and withdraw the nomination of Mr. Vito as the representative of PDP-Laban for

the position vacated in SB by a member of the PDP-Laban. In lieu of Mr. Vito, the undersigned would like to request to replace him by Dr. Jhoul V. Barba who was elected Number 10 among the candidates for members of SB in Majayjay during the 2013 Local Election. Dr.

Barba is most qualified to become a member of the SB of Majayjay and he is the official candidate of PDP-Laban for Vice Mayor of Majayjay for the 2016 Local Election. Verily, the undersigned would like to further request for the issuance of formal notice of recall and

withdrawal of the said nomination of Mr. Vito and to issue a new notice of endorsement/nomination for Dr. Barba to be the duly authorized representative of PDP-Laban to the position vacated by a

PDP-Laban member in the SB of Majayjay.

Finally, the undersigned understands that PDP-Laban does not have Municipal Chairman/Head in Majayjay and/or Provincial

Chairman/Head for the Province of Laguna and thus he would like to apply for the honor and privilege to become Municipal Chairman/

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Head in Majayjay and/or Provincial Chairman/Head for the Province

of Laguna of PDP-Laban.

Thank you very much.

Very truly yours,

FROILAN T. GRUEZO Candidate for Mayor

CONFORME:

DR. JHOUL V. BARBA Candidate for Vice Mayor