Eufranio Eriguel

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rdf:langString Eufranio "Franny" Chan Eriguel, M.D. (June 12, 1959 – May 12, 2018) was a Filipino medical doctor and politician from the Eriguel political clan of La Union, who was assassinated in an ambush on May 12, 2018. Eriguel served three terms as Mayor of Agoo, La Union and two terms as Congressman for the Second District of La Union. He is involved in the "Land Bank of the Philippines v. Cacayuran" case, in which there was to be a construction of a commercial building within the premises of the town plaza. The Philippine Supreme court later ruled it to be "irregular," although the court later granted a motion for reconsideration regarding the case on May 15, 2015, because the Municipality of Agoo had not been impleaded in the original case. He later received wide media attention in 2016 when he was included by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as one of the local government officials and legislators allegedly involved in illegal drug trade in his August 16 "I am sorry for my country" speech—an allegation which he and other La Union politicians denied. In April 2017, Eriguel's name was removed from the drug list, and the original inclusion was said to be politically motivated because rival politicians allegedly provided the list to President Duterte. Eriguel, who had been a founding force in former Vice President Jejomar Binay's United Nationalist Alliance, was sworn into the ruling PDP–Laban party by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. On May 12, 2018, Eriguel and two others were assassinated in an ambush. He had earlier survived a bombing incident in 2016 during the campaign period for the 2016 General Election. His widow, Sandra Young Eriguel, currently serves as Congressman for the Second District of La Union, while his daughter, Stefanie Ann Eriguel, currently serves as Mayor of Agoo.