LAOAG CITY—The son of House Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas lost his bid for village chief of Buyon in Bacarra town.
Rodolfo Christian Fariñas III, 22, the lawmaker’s youngest son, lost to Derick Velasco, 37, a former town councilor and son of slain Bacarra Mayor Philip Velasco.
Both camps figured in a rock-throwing incident during the campaign on May 12, prompting the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to send a team to pacify them.
Since then, the police and the Comelec had placed Buyon under tight monitoring. A joint team from the police and the Army was sent there.
Velasco won by 26 votes, garnering 375 votes against 349 votes of Fariñas.
Residents said they were surprised when Fariñas, who they thought was a resident of Laoag City, ran for a village position in Bacarra.
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