Governor Arthur Defensor, Jr. administers the oath of office of Dr. Jerome Marañon, brother of dismissed Mayor Jofel Marañon-Soldevilla, as Sangguniang Bayan Member of Zarraga, Iloilo.
Marañon filled up one of the two vacant slots in the Sangguniang Bayan after Silveo Balonglong and LJ Sortigosa succeeded as Mayor and Vice Mayor, respectively.
Soldevilla and former Vice Mayor Michael Omar Lacson were dismissed by the Ombudsman in September this year due to Graft charges.
Both Soldevilla and Lacson, along with several barangay captains of Zarraga, witnessed the oathtaking ceremony.