By Kit Bagaipo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
While other Cabinet officials running for office face an uphill battle, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap is assured of a congressional seat as he is running unopposed in the third district of Bohol.
Yap is the bet of the administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD.
There was speculation earlier that incumbent third-district Representative Adam Relson Jala or his father, former congressman Eladio Jala, both members of the Lakas-Kampi, would challenge Yap. But Representative Jala, who is still eligible for reelection, filed his CoC for vice governor a few minutes before the deadline at midnight Tuesday.
The elder Jala, currently assistant secretary at the Department of Transportation and Communications, was rumored to have been offered a post at the Securities and Exchange Commission, but he has declined to issue any statement on the matter.
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