 The two defeated the incumbent slate of then-Mayor Gemiliano Lopez Jr.The tandem won a second term in 1995 and in 1998, when Lim ran for President of the Philippines, Atienza was elected Mayor and took his oath of office on June 24, 1998, coinciding with the 427th founding anniversary of the City of Manila.Atienza was again re-elected in 2001 and finally in 2004.