The Hugpong Federal Movement of the Philippines on Monday launched its Cebu chapter to widen the dissemination of information on federalism.
Erwin Tindoc, Hugpong Federal Movement of the Philippines regional vice president, said more people in Cebu would understand President Rodrigo Duterte’s federalist advocacy through the local chapter.
“Many groups have expressed support. Duterte is campaigning for this because of poverty, criminality and narco-politics,” he said.
Tindoc said Hugpong Visayas so far has 25,000 volunteer leaders from different sectors of the community.
These leaders were tasked to conduct an information drive in their respective barangays, he said.
Tindoc said they were pushing for a referendum during the Sangguniang Kabataan and barangay polls on Oct. 31 to determine whether the people would favor the shift to a federal government.
Those who are for federalism have to choose between a constituent assembly or a constitutional convention as a mode of changing the constitution.
“The two questions are included in the ballot. We just need six million votes to push it,” Tindoc said.
