Pryde Henry A. Teves (born December 18, 1972) is a Filipino politician who was the governor of

Negros Oriental Negros Oriental ( ceb, Sidlakang Negros; tl, Silangang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Oriental, is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Dumaguete. It occupies the southeaste ...

in 2022. Prior to this, he was also the mayor of Bayawan, Negros Oriental and a member of the

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representing the 3rd District of Negros Oriental. He was elected as a Philippine legislator on May 14, 2007, and was re-elected in 2010. Both of his eardrums and legs were severely damaged by the

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that hit the Congress building on November 13, 2007.

Political career

Philippine Congress bombing

Congressman Teves was one of the three Philippine representatives, others were

Luzviminda Ilagan Luzviminda "Luz" Calolot-Ilagan is a Filipina development worker and former congresswoman. She represented the Gabriela Women's Partylist in the 14th Congress of the Philippines from 2007 to 2016. In September 2017, she was appointed by Preside ...

of GABRIELA partylist and

Wahab Akbar Ustadz Wahab M. Akbar (April 16, 1960 – November 13, 2007) was a Filipino politician who served three terms as governor of Basilan, during which time he was known for his "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" policy for dealing with kidnapper ...

of the lone district of Basilan, that were victimized by the explosion. Representative Akbar was killed in the incident while both Teves and Congresswoman Luzviminda Ilagan suffered severe injuries. About 62% of his body sustained second and third degree burns, and his left foot was badly fractured. In earlier reports, doctors announced that Teves' legs would be amputated, but later decided this would not be necessary. Vercita Garcia, staff member of Rep. Pryde Henry Teves, died at 6:30 p.m. due to cardiac arrest at St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City, on December 17, 2007. On December 18, 2007, after 35 days, Teves was moved out of the

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of St. Luke's Medical Center to a private room, and recuperated from destroyed

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, fractured leg and sustained deep burns in his arms from the

Batasang Pambansa bombing The 2007 Batasang Pambansa bombing occurred on the night of November 13, 2007, at the Batasang Pambansa Complex (National Assembly Complex) in Quezon City, Philippines. The blast killed Congressman Wahab Akbar and Marcial Taldo, a staff member ...

. On January 31, 2008, Teves, 35, reported for work at the House of Representatives, against doctors' advice. Teves, still in a wheelchair, wore black cotton gloves to protect his burned hands, and he could not shake hands or use his cellular phone. He stated:

As provincial governor

In 2022, Teves, ran under

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incumbent

Governor

Roel Degamo Roel Ragay Degamo (born April 29, 1966)Francisco, Jose Arnel V. MetroPost. Retrieved 2011-02-17. is a Filipino politician who is the incumbent governor of the province of Negros Oriental since 2011. He was unseated from the post following the r ...

with a winning margin of almost twenty thousand votes. On June 30, 2022, Teves took his oath of office replacing Degamo who had stepped down following a brief standoff as the latter refused to vacate the office.

Invalidation of election

Roel Degamo, ran for his fourth yet final term after a controversial

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(COMELEC) ruling, had filed a petition before the COMELEC to declare another gubernatorial candidate, a certain ''Ruel Degamo'', whose real name is Grego Gaudia, a

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and to cancel the latter's candidacy, which had later decided. He appealed that the votes for Gaudia should be credited to him. Gaudia filed a motion for reconsideration to contest the ruling of the COMELEC. Pending the commission's ruling by the day of election, his name (''Ruel Degamo'') remained on the official ballot. On September 1, 2022, his appeal was denied. The COMELEC ''en banc'', in its ruling with finality dated September 27, credited Gaudia's almost fifty thousand obtained votes to Degamo, thus surpassing that of Teves by almost thirty thousand, which also made the proclamation of Teves to be nullified. Prior to the proclamation of Degamo on October 3, Teves said in his weekend radio program that while respecting whatever decision by either the COMELEC,

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(SC), or the

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(DILG) on his election victory, he would not stay further if the ruling in favor of Degamo is enforced. However, Teves had been refusing to step down despite Degamo's inauguration on October 5 and a DILG order on the same day asking him to vacate the office, saying that the COMELEC decision is final and executory. Teves had filed a ''quo warranto petition'' before the SC contesting the said COMELEC ruling, which was expected to be decided by October 11. Later, on that day, Teves voluntarily relinquished the governorship as the SC, in a media statement, said that they had not act yet on the appeal.

References

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