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Vico Sotto: Man of the Hour

By Luanne Manlapaz Pasig City’s beloved mayor Vico Sotto.From Wikipedia . Truly, it is through times of strife when heroes shine. The current COVID-19 pandemic has separated the wheat from the chaff, politician-wise, and Victor María Regis Nubia Sotto, ‘Vico’, as his country now knows him, is living up to his name.  He is one of the very few who has indeed stood out as a victorious (victor) leader (regis). At 29, he is currently the youngest elected mayor in the metro. His success in the 2019 elections ended the powerful 27-year political dynasty of the Eusebios, in a David-versus-Goliath kind of showdown that was highly sensationalized by the local media.  With minimal political experience prior (he was a first-term city councilor), his contemporaries easily dismissed him as “out of his league.” As proven by recent events, his inexperience most definitely did not equate to incompetence.  One can say that his future in front of an audience is almost f...