CAVITE—Senator Grace Poe returned to this province on Tuesday to woo its 1.7-million voters to back her bid for the country’s highest elective position.
The Revillas, led by former Senator Ramon Revilla Sr. and his son, detained Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. and the Remullas have been known as the “political bigwigs” in this province.
The Revillas are rooting for Poe but the Remullas are divided between Vice President Jejomar Binay and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
Binay’s former spokesman, Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla, has bolted the United Nationalist Alliance and joined Duterte, the standard bearer of PDP-Laban. Binay, who is running under UNA, is leading the opposition in the coming elections.
The province’s Vice Gov. Jolo Revilla, who belongs to the third-generation Revillas, is also supporting Poe.
Together with the local candidates of Cavite, Revilla has joined Poe and three of her candidates for senator: Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares, former Optical Media Board chairman Edu Manzano and lawyer Lorna Kapunan.
Poe’s six-hour motorcade in the province started at 7 a.m. in Dasmariñas City and ended in the Southwoods Subdivision at the boundary of Cavite and Laguna.
Poe was warmly welcomed by Cavite’s residents who braved the scorching heat of the sun as they waited for her motorcade.
A vehicle bearing the sticker of Poe and Marcos and another with the campaign banner of the Cavite vice governor and Romualdez were seen in the longest-ever motorcade of Poe’s Galing at Puso.
The jingles of Marcos and Romualdez were continuously played during the motorcade.
There was also a vehicle with the name of the Partido ng Bayan ang Bida, a party-list group identified with Poe’s father Fernando Poe Jr.
PBB is endorsing Poe’s presidential bid but not Escudero. It earlier endorsed the vice presidential candidacy of Marcos.
In an ambush interview at the sidelines of the motorcade, Poe was surprised when informed that PBB was part of the motorcade.
“There was a PBB vehicle? You know, with our lengthy motorcade, while we were not yet finished going around, others have reached the finish line,” Poe said.
Aside from PBB, she said, there were also other groups who were supporting her candidacy like the Magdalo Group of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV who is running for vice president.
