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Judy Chin-Amante — the wife of Agusan del Norte 2nd District Rep. Erlpe John Amante — recently confirmed her plan to run for mayor of Cabadbaran City in May 2016.
“One of Mrs. Amante’s opponents in her mayoralty bid is her husband’s alleged mistress — Katrina Mortola,” reports Ben Serrano in The Philippine Star.
During a press conference, Mrs. Amante said her husband has been going around the city barangays with Mortola, whom he allegedly introduced as his “soulmate.”
“My husband has been going around the (city’s) barangays for months now with his mistress for political consultations. He had been planning this early to push his mistress to run for mayor in Cabadbaran,” she added.
The report noted: “Neither Rep. Amante nor Mortola, who also belongs to an influential political clan, could be reached for comment.”
In any case, Mrs. Amante, who has three children with the lawmaker, said she “also filed a suit in a Manila-based court for financial support.”
Meanwhile, incumbent Mayor Dale Corvera has expressed his apprehension over Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte’s capital city, has been subjected to an overblown family problem.
“I don’t like the idea of dragging the entire city into the infighting between the legal wife and illegal wife because they can resolve that in court or in private. They have only divided the barangay and city officials and the constituents too early,” Corvera stated.
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