The province’s biggest political names have merged to back presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice presidential bet Sara Duterte as the UniTeam kicked off its Davao region campaign.
The prominent clans of the Del Rosarios, Floirendos, Dujalis, Uys and Aalas were among BBM-Sara’s staunch allies who were present in the provincial rally held in Carmen town on Wednesday morning.
They were also joined by Mayor Virginia Perandos of the host town.
Oyo Uy, from the well-known Uy family of the business and enterprise sector, said they do not have any other candidate for the country’s two highest posts but only the BBM-Sara tandem.
“Diri sa Davao del Norte, 101 percent ang among support sa BBM-Sara tandem. Walang ibang makapapagpatuloy ng mga nasimulan ni President Duterte kundi sila lang,” Uy said.
(Here in Davao del Norte we are 101 percent in support of the
BBM-Sara tandem. Only the two of them can continue the reforms
initiated by the Duterte administration) Uy is vying for vice gubernatorial post in tandem with another accomplished politician — board member Roy Catalan of Panabo City.
The gubernatorial aspirant said that if given a chance, his administration would focus on empowering the agriculture sector which is heavily affected by the pandemic and strengthening the health services in the province.
The province is greatly known for its billion-peso banana industry and other premium commodity crops.
Incumbent Second District Representative Alan “Aldu” Dujali said his constituents will deliver an all-out support to the UniTeam tandem.
Former Governor Anthony del Rosario, whose family’s leadership in the province had introduced an era of massive development, said a BBM-Sara administration could pave the way in continuing the no-non sense leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Del Rosario and wife Aina are campaigning for the multi-sectoral Angat Pinoy partylist.
“We have seen how the pandemic adversely impacted the economy. That’s why it is very important that the first thing we do is to generate
jobs,” Del Rosario said.
The former local chief executive also stressed that as the country
moves forward from the challenges, it should also strengthen the peace and order situation.
UniTeam is also scheduled to visit the provinces of Davao de Oro, and Davao del Sur Wednesday.
With barely six weeks before the scheduled May 9 elections, Marcos Jr., and Duterte are leading in all recent surveys mainly due to the right messaging and better campaign strategies, political analyst Prof. Dindo Manhit said.
In the latest Pulse Asia poll, Marcos improved his voter preference score to 60 percent while his closest opponent, Leni Robredo, had 15 percent.