Cagayan de Oro Rep. Benjamin Benaldo, who tried to take his life in his office at the House of Representatives Thursday night, took his defeat in the May elections hard, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said.

Belmonte made the disclosure in an interview after he and House Majority Leader Romero Quimbo of Marikina visited Benaldo in New Era hospital in Quezon City.

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