THE Duterte camp chided Mar Roxas’ appeal for a dialogue “anytime and anywhere” with Grace Poe saying it is an admission that a victory by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has virtually become inevitable.
“Only a man on the verge of defeat can issue such frantic calls,” said Leoncio Evasco Jr., Duterte’s national campaign manager.
A man who cannot accept defeat in a clean and honest election, Evasco said, is now trying to subvert the sovereign will of the people by calling on the very rival he tried to eliminate to rally behind him and prevent Mayor Duterte from winning the presidency.
Roxas’ call for alliance with his lady presidential rival is also synonymous to conceding that his kind is being repudiated by the people.
“It also further unmasks the true character of the Aquino regime—one in the face of debacle will abandon ship and run like headless chicken,” he added.
According to Evasco, a call for unity with Grace Poe is the ultimate insult to the Filipino people and a final act of betrayal.
He added that Roxas’ appeal reaffirms the Duterte camp’s conviction that the Aquino-Roxas clique will hold on to that power to preserve the interests of oligarchy that they represent.
“They want Grace Poe to concede and give way to him [Roxas] so that their ilk will continue their exploitative reign,” said Evasco adding that President Benigno Aquino III is brokering the deal.
The people, he said, is gathering strength by the day, by the hour and by the minute as all Filipinos head to election on May 9.
“The unity that we envision is the unity of the Filipino people who are demanding change. Change not only in the presidency but meaningful and radical change in leadership,” Evasco said. “The unity we want is the unity of the people and their leaders. Only Mayor Rodrigo Duterte can unite the Filipino people.”
Evasco added that a united nation will make it difficult for the oligarch to again rule and reign over the Filipinos.
He called on peace loving Filipinos to expose and oppose the Aquino-Roxas’ plot to rob us of the victory.
“We will defeat this machination of the ruling elite to deny us the chance to secure and determine our fate and our future,” Evasco said.
