ILIGAN CITY District Rep. Vicente Belmonte, Jr., has withdrawn his candidacy for mayoral race in the city to spare his family and  party mates from reported death threats after he survived an ambush last year.

The withdrawal of Belmonte, also chairman of the Liberal Party (LP) in Iligan, from the 2016 polls also resolved the issue between two of their party members contending for a congressional seat in the national elections.

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