The presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte camp said that they're supporters we're prevented from attending to a campaign rally in Mambajao, Camiguin on Wednesday.Peter Laviña, Spokesperson of Duterte said that their suppression of their supporters in Camiguin.
Duterte and his partner, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano were set to go in Camiguin on Wednesday afternoon.
Laviña stated that vehicles having Duterte stickers and posters we're forced to get back of the line at the pier in Balingoan, Misamis Oriental.
Mambajao Freedom Park we're cutt off and homes nearby were warned not to let Duterte camp to use their electrical lines. Laviña stated.
Sound system was pulled out even though the admins had paid for it. The owners were told that they can't allowed to do business in Camiguin if they did not comply. A sound system had to be rented from Cagayan de Oro City, he added.
Local officials were threathening people with repercussions if they join the Duterte-Cayetano rally.
“They were told they would be delisted from the 4Ps, PhilHealth and scholarship programs,” Laviña said.
Even the Market vendors were told that they would not be allowed to do business if they attend the incoming rally
“Trapo politics reigns in Camiguin and we need to expose this ugly side of the island,” Laviña said. “Our volunteers and supporters are being harassed, people are being warned not to be on the streets for the arrival of our candidates and not to attend the rally.”
The mayor of Mambajao is Ma. Luisa Romualdo, Her husband is Jesus Romualdo Camiguin Gov. and Rep. Xavier Jesus romualdo of Camiguin is their son.
Governor Romualdo, when he was in Congress, was among those implicated in the P10-billion pork barrel's scam. The romualdos jumped over to the ruling Liberal Party and now supporting another Presidential Candidate Mar Roxas.
source: INQUIRER.net
