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Nearly all of the 87 barangays in the first district of Pampanga were expected to support the congressional bid of Angeles City Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. in next year’s elections.
June Marimla, president of the Liga ng mga Barangay in Magalang town, expressed the support of his peers in Magalang for Lazatin.
Rey Pineda, president of the Liga ng mga Barangay in Mabalacat City, echoed the same sentiments and declared support for Lazatin.
Earlier, some 600 officers of sectoral groups from Angeles City, Mabalacat City, and Magalang, including women and other sectors of society pledged to back Lazatin’s legislative candidacy.
Currently, Lazatin is serving his second term as Angeles City Mayor.