A LAWMAKER from Cagayan, a stronghold of Vice President Jejomar Binay, on Sunday came out in the open to back presidential bet Rodrigo Duterte.
Agbiag party-list Rep. Patrick Antonio, brother of Cagayan Gov. Alvaro Antonio, said he was impressed by what Duterte had done in Davao City.
“I have been in Davao a hundred times over the last two decades and I like what I have seen and experienced,” Antonio said.
“The people are disciplined and they appreciate what Duterte has done for them and continues to do. All the others are trying to fool us, they are all traditional politicians.”
On Friday, Duterte said there will be no discrimination under his presidency and that Christians Muslims and lumads are all equal under one flag.
“We are one nation. There will always be one nation for us,” Duterte told the crowd during a sortie in San Pedro Friday night.
Raising his right hand, Duterte reiterated his pledge to the Filipino people, something he has been doing since hitting the campaign trail last February.
“I am Rodrigo Duterte. I am a Filipino and I love my country, the Philippines. It is the land of my birth, it is the home of my people,” he said.
Antonio said he had seen with his own eyes how
Davao had grown into the safest and one of the most prosperous cities in the country.
He said he had just met Duterte a few days ago, and he was very impressed with his let’s get-things-done” style and ability to pursue
radical changes needed to improve the people’s lives.
“For the sake of our children and grandchildren, we need a leader who will change this country and solve its most pressing problems especially crime, drugs and corruption,” Antonio said.
“There is no one who can do this except Mayor Rody Duterte. I will support him all the way.”