Davao motorcade for Leni Robredo

Описание: Davao for Leni caravan Davao City

Supporters of Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his running mate, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, rushed out of their UniTeam headquarters along Ponciano St. on Wednesday when the “Ronda ng Pag-asa” (Motorcade of Hope) of supporters of Leni Robredo and Francis Pangilinan passed by at around 8:20 a.m.

Clad in the UniTeam’s red and dark green shirts, they raised their fists and flashed the “V” sign as the motorcade passed, one of the lead vehicles carrying standees of Robredo and Pangilinan. There was some heckling in that brief encounter outside the headquarters whose façade has huge tarpaulins of Marcos-Duterte and reelectionist 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte whose congressional district office is just one store away.

As the motorcade moved around the city’s main streets, passing by City Hall, all the way to neighboring Panabo City in Davao del Norte, those inside their vehicles could see fellow Dabawenyos giving them the thumbs down or looking surprised that they dared express their choices in a city of predominantly Duterte supporters.

“There were thumbs down, money symbol, and victory symbols that greeted us but to me, witnessing even just a few people making the L sign (for Laban or Fight), that’s okay,” said Memen Lauzon-Gatmaytan, peace advocate and NGO worker and one of the organizers of the Davao For Leni Movement.