Duterte’s miting de avance gathers huge following
With an estimated crowd of 300,000, PDP-Laban presidential bet Rodrigo Duterte may have drawn the largest number of supporters among presidential candidates who staged “miting de avances” to cap their respective campaigns. Supporters of Presidential bet and Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte unfold a giant Philippines flag as they start to crowd Duterte’s venue for his ‘Miting de Abanse’ in front of the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Saturday afternoon. (JOHN JEROME GANZON) Taking his last campaign stand at the spacious Rizal Park, the frontrunner presidential bet took the occasion to vigorously campaign for running mate Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, whose poll ratings have also started to improve although still lagging behind rivals Senator Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo of the Liberal Party. The Davao City mayor also dismissed as mere black propaganda reports that he will rule as a dictator, saying that the rule [...]