Maybe tired of being in the receiving end and always being
reactive to the propaganda of the opposition, the Mayor from Davao City strikes
back.
The mass support the President has never been tried to be
formally organized by the President or any of his political companions. No
better than the eldest Presidential daughter and incumbent Davao City Mayor
Sara Duterte will be the face of the newly formed coalition that has its
opurpose principally to counter destabilization efforts against her father,
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. *
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| Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte led the launch of Tapang at Malasakit in Taguig today (Photo credit to Philstar) |
Tapang at Malasakit Alliance for the Philippines, which was
launched today at at the Marquis Events Place in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
City.
According to the group’s Facebook post, the alliance will be
the umbrella organization of all groups who supported President Duterte during
the presidential campaign in May 2016. Joining the group will serve as a pledge
for a better Philippines and a commitment to be good citizens, the group said.
“This is an alliance of groups who believed in the
President and trusted his vision of change for the Philippines—a nation long
besieged by systemic and deeply rooted woes brought by poverty, corruption,
peace and order issues and narco-politics,” the group said.
“We [will]stand together, firm in our decision to fight for
our country, vowing to resist interests and forces out to topple a
democratically chosen leader of the nation. We will guard our freedom from the
traitors of the Philippines and those who betray economic stability and
government authority,” it added.
Tapang at Malasakit Alliance for the Philippines ,claims to
have members from all ranks — teachers, overseas Filipino workers, artists,
doctors, students, retirees, young professionals, lawyers, artists, engineers,
businessmen, as well as lumads, Muslims, and government workers. *
As of October 17, at least 75 groups were listed under the
Tapang at Malasakit Alliance for the Philippines. These include:
Duterte-Cayetano Socmed; DDS Global; Duterte Youth; Mindavote; The Amazing
Duterte Ninjas-Japan; Rody Duterte Solid Group; PDP Laban Volunteers for
President Duterte; Friends of Rody Duterte; Duterte Alliance Hongkong;
Sisterhood for Duterte; Vivian Velez Group; Hugpong Federal; Alyansang Duterte
Bongbong; Doctors for Duterte; DDS Bloggers; Pwersa Pilipino Patungo Sa
Pagbabago; United Builders Missions of the Philippines, Inc.; Republic
Defenders for Peace and Unity, among others.
Ronald Gian Cardema, commissioner of the National Youth
Commission for Luzon, is the chairman of Duterte Youth. Philippine Amusement
and Gaming Corp. chief Andrea Domingo is a member of Friends of Rody Duterte.
President Duterte said, the bank deposits of Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th,
one of his fierciest critics, could have been used to fund attempts to destabilize
the Duterte administration, the same way the bank records of the late Chief
Justice Renato Corona was used to impeached him.
That prompted the president to state the “threat of
destabilization is as real as the threat of terrorism.”
“All of his claims of destabilization are from intelligence
reports and reliable sources from inside the offices of the people identified
with the opposition,” Sara, a lawyer like her father, said. *
However, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman
Maj. Gen. Restituto Padilla had said there are no destabilization threats
against the Duterte administration.
At the launch the mayor said that : "Let us set aside
our personal politics that has torn our country every time we have a new
president."
report from Manila Times
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