GUIMBAL, Iloilo — Lakas-CMD and Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte assured voters that her runningmate former Sen. Bongbong Marcos Jr. never and will not sleep with the state enemies just to win these elections.

In her speech during the miting de avance for Visayas held here, Mayor Sara asked Ilonggos to vote for the UniTeam as they will continue to push for peace and order.

“Sa kampanyang ito hindi si Bongbong Marcos nakipag-usap sa mga grupo na gustong ipabagsak ang gobyerno. Sa kampanyang ito hindi siya nakipagkasundo sa mga tao o mga grupo na sumusuporta sa mga grupo na gustong ipabagsak ang gobyerno,”Mayor Sara said.

“Bongbong Marcos will never sleep with the enemies of the state,” stressed.

Capping the 90-day campaign period, the UniTeam has decided to hold at least three miting de avance to which its first stop is the Visayas region.

Mayor Sara did not mention names of the candidates who reportedly talked to some rebel or communist groups to get their support.

The presidential daughter first narrated a painful story of a father from Davao City who died after a rebel group burned several equipment inside two factories sometime in April 2017.

She said she was already the Davao mayor when the group attacked the company and set it ablaze. Before leaving, the enemies of state planted a bomb.

“Bago sila tumakas, nag-iwan sila ng bomba. Pagsabog nung bomba, namatay ang isang lalaki,” Duterte lamented.

Duterte would later call the victim Larry and describe how his death affected her psyche.

She recalled seeing how nurses tried to save the severely injured Larry. The least she could do was to reach out to Larry’s wife so she could bring her to the hospital.

Duterte said the blast took place on the day of Larry and his wife’s anniversary.

“Sabi ko nasaan ang cellphone ni Larry? Binigay nila sa akin ang cellphone niya, kailangan kong tumawag sa kanyang asawa o relative. Hindi ko alam kung sino, binasa ko ang cellphone niya, hinahanap ko doon kung sino ang puwedeng tawagan. Nakita ko doon pinaka-unang mensahe sa mga sent messages niya, nakalagay doon “I love you, happy anniversary” ng araw na ‘yon. Duda ko asawa niya ‘yon, tinawagan ko sabi ko ikaw ba ang asawa ni Larry, sabi niya oo ako, sabi ko kailangan mong maghanda dahil ipapasundo ka namin. Kailangan mong pumunta dito sa hospital dahil tinamaan siya ng bomba. Three days after [the blast] namatay si Larry. As a mayor, pag ikaw namamatayan na ganyan, hindi mo ‘yan makakalimutan,” she narrated.

“Every time na tumitingin ako sa mga anak ko, nakikita ko ang anak ni Larry, mga bata na nawalan ng tatay dahil sa mga grupo, sa mga tao na gustong ipabagsak ang gobyerno,” she added.