Hell hath no fury than a wife scorned.
The wife of Agusan del Norte Rep. Erlpe John Amante is set to run for mayor
of Cabadbaran City against his alleged mistress, a scion of a politican clan
whom he has reportedly taken to introducing as his “soulmate.”
In a press conference, Judy Chin-Amante confirmed her plan to run for mayor.
She said she is hopeful that her sister-in-law, Gov. Maria Angelica
Amante-Matba, will support her bid though the latter has yet to announce who
she will be backing in the upcoming polls.
Amante-Matba is reportedly at odds with her lawmaker-brother.
“I am hoping Governor Angel will support me in 2016. My children want me to
do this, to do something right for the people. My late parents-in-law
served Cabadbaran well. If only they were alive today, I know deep in their
hearts they won’t allow these things to happen to us,” said Chin-Amante.
Amante’s wife’s mayoralty bid will pit her against Katrina Mortola, the
lawmaker’s alleged mistress, and provincial board member Rey Jamboy.
Chin-Amante said her estranged husband has been planning for Mortola to
become mayor for quite some time.
“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 said.
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