CEBU – Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has thanked President Rodrigo Duterte and the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) for holding its National Council Meeting in Cebu City.
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| Governor Gwen Garcia during May 31 meeting in Malacañang with President Rodrigo Duterte and also attended by (L-R) Edmun Liu of the private sector’s Project Balik Buhay, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Deputy Chief Implementer of the IATF-MEID in the Visayas Mel Feliciano, DOH-7 Chief Pathologist Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Presidential Assistant to the Visayas Michael Lloyd Dino, Senator Christopher Go, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (Photo from the Office of the Presidential Assistant to the Visayas) |
Garcia, who attended the recent meeting, recalled that “six years ago, a handful of us decided to throw our lot in with a man who espoused the advocacies that we believe in - anti-drugs, anti-criminality, anti-corruption and, above all, federalism.”
“We rallied behind his candidacy for President, we believed in him and so did 16 million other Filipinos. The rest was history. Mayor Digong became President Rodrigo Roa Duterte,” Garcia said.
“And how Cebu delivered -– with a margin of 1.2 million votes -– over his closest rival because that is how Cebu delivers. When they believe in a man, when they believe in his cause,” she added.
Duterte is the chairman of the ruling PDP-Laban party.
“I thank the national leadership for choosing Cebu to be the venue of this all-important gathering. Truly, by so doing, you have underscored the importance of Cebu in the coming national elections. And judging from how Cebu can deliver, perhaps it might not be too much to say that where Cebu goes, so will the rest of the country,” Garcia said in her welcome speech.
Garcia also pointed out that PDP-Laban candidates captured the majority of positions in Cebu during the 2019 elections, from the governor to members of the Provincial Board and leaders of the tri-cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu.
“We are gathered here once more in this huge assembly of PDP leaders to take stock of where we are and to define the direction by which PDP and Cebu will be going, especially since there’s a looming 2022 presidential election,” Garcia said before 106 PDP-Laban leaders from provinces all over the country who joined the meeting online.
Among those in attendance were Energy Secretary
Alfonso Cusi, Presidential Adviser for Northern Luzon Secretary Raul Lambino,
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles, PDP Laban interim Secretary General
Melvin Matibag and Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas
Secretary Michael Dino and mayors, vice mayors and councilors from all over
Cebu Island. (Eleanor Valeros)
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