VMLP: Killing of Leyte vice mayor poll-related

A group of vice mayors on Tuesday condemned the killing of Vice Mayor Claudio Martin Larrazabal of Villaba town in Leyte and raised suspicions that the deadly shooting was election-related.

Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines (VMLP) President Isko Moreno, in a statement, said, “In behalf of the VMLP, we hereby condemn the senseless killing of our colleague, Vice Mayor Larrazabal and we are calling on the Philippine National Police (PNP) to exert all efforts to bring the perpetrators behind bars.”