By Emmanuel T. Erediano
Variety News Staff

THE NMI Republican Party leadership is receiving nominations for precinct officers now that its board of directors has begun implementing amendments to the party’s bylaws that the Precinct 4 club says it will not recognize.
GOP secretary and spokesman Kimo M. Rosario, in an e-mail, said the party chairman, former Rep. Thomas B. Pangelinan, will himself contact the nominees for Precinct 4.
The new club officers will assist the party’s central committee in selecting candidates for the coming midterm elections.
But Precinct 4 club officials insist that they have already nominated Sylvestre Iguel and Barbara Yamada as their candidates for representatives.
The precinct’s incumbent Republican House member, Candido B. Taman, has said he will seek another term with or without the GOP nomination.
On Friday, Rosario said in his e-mail, the GOP board of directors, which includes Pangelinan, first vice president Bennet Seman, and treasurer Karl T. Reyes, met to discuss the party’s annual report and the nominations for precinct club officers.
The party’s second vice president Roman Tudela also showed up but was later excused, Rosario said.
No nominations were received from Precinct 2, which is considered the bailiwick of the ruling Covenant Party, but there are several nominations from other precincts that are now being reviewed by the party’s board members.