BAGUIO CITY: Although the rule on succession applies in the vacancy left by Mt. Province Governor Leonard Mayaen who succumbed to cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon, a legal twist has emerged who will be governor after the May polls.

Mayaen, unopposed for his third term, was running as an independent, but only bets with political parties can be substituted according to Comelec rules.

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