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Teno welcomes nephew’s comeback plans
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Posted on Mar 23 1999
Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday said he welcomed plans of his erstwhile political rival, former Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio, to reclaim the governorship in the 2001 general elections.
A cautious Tenorio, who defeated the ex-governor in the 1997 general elections, said he was “pleased to hear” about the latter’s intentions to run again for public office under a new political party.
“No one can be denied to run for public office if they want to. I hope those who are running for office will serve the interest of the Commonwealth,” the incumbent leader said. He declined to give further comments.
The other day the ex-governor disclosed his plans to run for governor, a position he held from 1993 to 1997, saying his brand of leadership can solve the economic and financial woes confronting the island government.
“I would like to run again for governor because I know I can solve the problems…It’s a challenge,” he said in a phone interview.
The former governor quit the Democratic Party, which brought him into the helm of power, to form his Reform Party that will launch his political comeback. The ex-governor recently resigned from the party due to what he claimed disunity and lack of loyalty among Democrats, factors blamed for his defeat in the last elections.
After bowing out from public office eight years prior to the elections, Tenorio won his unprecedented third mandate in 1997 to defeat the incumbent leader then and Lt. Gov. Jesus C. Borja who ran as independent.
The Republican ticket garnered 5,107 votes or 45.6 percent of the 11,201 votes cast, followed by the Lang-Gere team with 3,072 votes or 27.2 percent, and the Borja-Sablan tandem with 3,022.
There is no indication yet whether the governor will seek another term, although he had said in the past that he would not run for public office again.
