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PDP-Laban bet Robin Padilla files candidacy for senator
Actor Robin Padilla, a staunch supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, has officially joined the Cusi-led PDP-Laban faction.
Padilla has filed his certificate of candidacy to run for senator in the 2022 elections.
His brother, Rommel Padilla, has also joined the party and is running for Congress representing the 1st district of Nueva Ecija.
Padilla previously campaigned for Duterte in 2016 and received executive clemency from him in 2016 after a firearms conviction.
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