Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez | PHOTO: Official facebook page of Albee Benitez BACOLOD CITY — Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez of this city on Monday, October 2, announced he has sought the clearance from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on the participation of their barangays in the MassKara Festival to ensure that laws in relation to the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 are not violated. Benitez said he met with Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia who personally informed him that Bacolod had been granted clearance already.

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