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Award-winning actor Arjo Atayde is running in the Quezon City 1st District congressional race, where he will be pitted against reelectionist congressman Onyx Crisologo.
Atayde filed his certificate of candidacy on Friday, October 8, accompanied by Mayor Joy Belmonte.
While Atayde is allied with Belmonte, Crisologo is allied with Anakalusugan Representative Michael Defensor, Belmonte’s challenger in the Quezon City mayoral race.
Atayde said in a press statement that he was the one who approached Belmonte and asked how he could help more.
Atayde is regarded asone of the most versatile actors of his generation. He won Best Actor at the 3rd Asian Academy Creative Awards 2020 for his role in the iWant and Dreamscape series Bagman.
Atayde is a newbie in politics but he has made a name for himself in Quezon City’s 1st District for donating service vehicles to its barangays.
Crisologo is the son of veteran politician Bingbong Crisologo. The younger Crisologo served three times as councilor in Quezon City before being elected as a congressman in 2019. – Rappler.com
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