Samuel Tortor is running for election as Vice Governor of Agusan Del Sur Province in the 2022 Philippine elections. He is running under the National Unity Party banner. Tortor is running in the elections under the name "1 TORTOR, SAMMY (NUP)".
This candidate is running for the position of Vice Governor. The governor is responsible for serving as presiding officer of the sangguniang panlalawigan (provincial board), appointing all officials and employees of the sangguniang panlalawigan aside from those appointments prescribed in the Local Government Code of 1991, and taking over as governor for the remaining years in a term in the event of permanent vacancy, therefore exercising all powers and functions of the provincial chief executive.
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