LAOAG CITY -- With barely three weeks more to
go before the elections, a son of Ilocos Norte first district Rep. Rodolfo
Fariñas has withdrawn from the vice mayoral race of this city.
Accompanied by his
family and supporters, Carlos Fariñas went to the city election office Thursday
to personally withdraw his certificate of candidacy for the city’s second top
post, hoping his move would somehow ease his clan’s widening rift.
Fariñas’ withdrawal
leaves the tightly contested vice mayoral race between his cousin, outgoing
Mayor Michael Fariñas, and lawyer Christian Ablan, son of former congressman
Roque Ablan.
Earlier, former Ilocos
Norte governor Michael Keon, first cousin of Gov. Imee Marcos, also withdrew
his bid for the city’s mayoral race.
This left the fight
between the outgoing mayor’s wife, city barangay league president Shyville
Fariñas, and her uncle-in-law, former three-term mayor Roger Fariñas, brother
of Rep. Fariñas.
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