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Contents
- Personal life
- Political career
- Vice Mayor
- Representative for the 17th to 19th Congress
- Senate bid
- References
Personal life
Martinez was born in Sampaloc, Manila on May 3, 1972. [3] He was president of Liturgy of Music of National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in 1995 and a music teacher at St. Patrick School from 1997 to 1998. He also became Board of Director of Philippine National Red Cross of Valenzuela Chapter. He attained Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at University of Santo Tomas and both primary and secondary education at Notre Dame of Greater Manila. [4]
Political career
Martinez first served in Barangay Marulas, Valenzuela as member of Sangguniang Kabataan from 1993 to 1997 and as barangay kagawad from 1997 to 2001. He was later elected councilor of Valenzuela from the 2nd district in 2001, serving for two terms until 2007.
Vice Mayor
In 2007, Martinez won his first term as Vice Mayor of Valenzuela City as a member of Lakas–CMD, together with re-elected mayor Win Gatchalian. In 2010, Martinez sought for his second term as vice mayor, this time as a member of Liberal Party, after Lakas–Kampi–CMD (the successor of Lakas–CMD) nominated Marcelino Morelos as the vice mayoralty candidate instead of him. [5] Morales was later re-elected. In 2013, he ran again for his third term as vice mayor of the city while former mayor Win Gatchalian ran as representative of Valenzuela's 2nd district because he is unable to run for the position once more due to being term limited. Instead, his brother Rex Gatchalian won 2013 Valenzuela local elections as mayor of the city.
Representative for the 17th to 19th Congress
17th Congress
On 2016, Martinez was elected for his first term as representative for Valenzuela's 2nd district representative. [3]
18th Congress
On 2019, he was re-elected representative for Valenzuela's 2nd district representative, defeating his predecessor Magi Gunigundo. [6]
On July 10, 2020, Martinez voted to reject the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN together with Valenzuela's 1st district representative Wes Gatchalian and 68 other congressmen. [7] On October 6, 2020, Martinez was removed as chairman of the House committee on youth and sports development. [8]
19th Congress
On 2022, Martinez sought re-election for his third and last term as Valenzuela's 2nd district representative. His candidacy received endorsement from President Rodrigo Duterte. [9] [10] He was re-elected to his third term in 2022, beating former representative Magi Gunigundo once again. [11]
Senate bid
Upon being term-limited as representative, Martinez filed his candidacy to run in the 2025 Senate election as an independent. [12] Despite remaining as a member and vice president for Luzon of PDP–Laban, he opted not to be part of the party's senatorial slate as he intends to "discharge any political bandages." [5]
References
- ↑ "Eric Martinez". eboto.ph. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ↑ "Martinez files COC for reelection". journalnews.com.ph. October 7, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- 1 2 "Eric Martinez". Rappler. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
- ↑ "Hon. Eric Morales Martinez". Government of Valenzuela City. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- 1 2 Serquiña, Mariel Celine (February 2, 2025). "Political butterfly? Martinez says he was replaced as official bet". GMA Integrated News. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
- ↑ "Valenzuela's Martinez widens lead in survey". POLITIKO . Prage Management Corporation. March 6, 2022. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
In the 2019 elections, Martinez won by almost 70,000 vote-margin against former Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo.
- ↑ "List of lawmakers who voted for and against ABS-CBN franchise renewal". Philippine Congress. July 10, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
- ↑ Mercado, Neil Arwin (October 6, 2021). "House shakeup continues: 3 panel chairs removed from posts". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ↑ "Duterte endorses Martinez bid as Valenzuela solon". Manila Standard. April 26, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ↑ "Valenzuela solon Martinez trounces foe in reelection bid". Manila Bulletin. May 12, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Valenzuela City Local Elections". Rappler. May 13, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ↑ de Leon, Dwight (October 8, 2024). "COC filing day 8 recap: Duterte's penchant for drama again as his bets beat the deadline". Rappler. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
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Eric Martinez | |
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 Official portrait of Martinez during the 19th Congress | |
| Member of the House of Representatives from Valenzuela's 2nd district | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2016 |