UniTeam presidential candidate Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. gets emotional and expresses his gratitude to more than 300,000 Cebuanos for supporting the UniTeam during the Cebu UniTeam Festival Rally at City de Mare ,Filinvest Grounds,SRP Cebu City. Photo by VER NOVENO
Cebu gives preview of BBM-Sara landslide win with biggest UniTeam rally
CEBU CITY — AT least 300,000 people attended the mega festival rally here Monday night of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) presidential candidate, former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his tandem, Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte where officials of Cebu reassured a landslide victory for UniTeam candidates.
The mammoth rally organized for UniTeam by One Cebu local party led by Gov. Gwen Garcia, Lakas-CMD led by its President and House Majority Leader Martin G. Romualdez, and Tingog party-list headed by Rep. Yedda Marie K. Romualdez was a preview of best things to come by May 9 as the country’s number one vote-rich province has vowed to deliver a landslide victory for BBM-Sara and other UniTeam candidates.
Garcia said the mega rally for the UniTeam was a concrete expression of support for Marcos and Duterte.
“This is a 30-hectare lot eh punong-puno ‘yung 30 hectares. Even if you were to give one square meter for every person, you do the math, one hectare is 10,000, this is 30 hectares, so in other words there are 300,000 [persons] at least if we were to give an allowance of one square meter per person,” Garcia told reporters in an ambush interview about her conservative estimate of attendees after the UniTeam mega festival rally at City Di Mare, Filinvest Grounds here, adding that Cebu will deliver a landslide victory for the Duterte-Marcos UniTeam.
“The UniTeam is overwhelmed by Cebu’s great show of support. Thanks to our allies and partners led by Governor Garcia. This is what we should expect and what will happen in three weeks — an overwhelming win for Marcos and Duterte,” Majority Leader Romualdez said.
Rep. Yedda Romualdez, chairperson of the House Committee on the Welfare Children, also campaigned hard for Duterte-Marcos and the UniTeam candidates during the rally.
Marcos thanked Garcia, the four city officials as well as all the other mayors of Cebu towns for organizing the biggest rally in coordination with Lakas-CMD and Tingog party-list and show of support to the UniTeam.
Marcos said the Cebu rally was the biggest political event that he attended in the campaign period.
“Maraming-maraming salamat Cebu sa napakainit na salubong na ibinigay ninyo sa UniTeam at sa tambalang Marcos-Duterte,” Marcos said in his speech.
“Alam ko po marami sa inyo ay kanina pa nag-antay, kanina pa nagbilad sa araw, pero hindi kayo umaalis kaya ngayon ang bilang ng rally ay ito na ang pinakamalaking rally sa buong kampanyang ito,” Marcos added.
Wearing a Tingog party-list shirt, Duterte expressed gratitude to Cebuanos for the huge support they have extended to UniTeam and the organizers of the grand rally led by Garcia, the Romualdezes, Tingog party-list, Cebu City Mayor Michael L. Rama, Liloan Mayor Christina Frasco, and others.
Duterte also assured the people of equality and fairness under her leadership.
“Sa akong pag-trabaho, pantay-pantay ang lahat, pare-pareho ang lahat, walang pobre, walang mayanan, pareho ang lahat ng mga Pilipino. Burger kayong lahat sa amin,” said Duterte who has been espousing unity, love and patriotism.
She said Cebu will always be a key partner of the country in progress and economic development.
The rally, unprecedented in the sorties of the UniTeam, was held after agreements were signed with Cebu officials and the city chief executives of its four cities that formed the “One Cebu UniTeam Alliance” and “One Cebu Island UniTeam Alliance,” both of which supported and endorsed Marcos and Duterte.
The One Cebu UniTeam Alliance said it has the “vision that will guide and lead the nation in the goal to achieve the sustainable growth and development of Cebu and the rest of the regions in the country.”
Its agreement was signed and witnessed by PFP treasurer and former Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Ernesto “Anton” F. Lagdameo, Romualdez, HNP President Claude Bautista, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) and UniTeam senatorial candidate Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada and One Cebu’s Emmarie M. Ouano-Dizon.
As a party to the alliance, the UniTeam gives its full support to all of One Cebu’s candidates led by Garcia, who is running for reelection, as well as the candidates allied with One Cebu.
On the other hand, the One Cebu Island UniTeam Alliance was signed by Romualdez, Duterte, Garcia, Rama, Mandaue Mayor Jonas C. Cortes, Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan and Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas.
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