ILOILO CITY, Oct. 22 -- The new mayor and vice mayor of the municipality of Zarraga officially assumed their posts after taking their oath before Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. on Wednesday.

Sangguniang Bayan member Jeffrey Silveo replaced former Mayor Jofel Soldevilla, while Municipal Councilor Laurence John Sortigosa took the helm from former Vice Mayor Michael Omar Lacson.

Soldevilla and Lacson were dismissed by the Ombudsman for grave misconduct.

Silveo was joined by his sisters, Ma. Reme Silveo and Mary Antonette Silveo-Solas, while Sortigosa was accompanied by his wife Mariel Valerie, his mother Lynie Brazas-Sortigosa and his uncle, former Zarraga Mayor Gregorio Brazas, when they took their oath at the provincial capitol.

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