Cotabato City Mayor Mohammad Bruce Matabalao has filed his certificate of candidacy, officially seeking reelection for a second term.
Matabalao, a former radioman, is the official candidate of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the political party of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
He was accompanied by his running mate, Johair Madag, and their full slate of city councilors during a motorcade.
The incumbent mayor faces challenges from two other tandems: Vice Mayor Johari Butch Abu and Bimbo Ayunan-Pasawiran of SIAP Party, and former Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi and Councilor Japal Guiani III of the Nationalist Peoples Coalition.
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