Presidential candidate Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson said breaking the vicious cycle of vengeance between politicians and the electorate will be the underlying theme of his ‘miting de avance’ to wrap up his national campaign later this week.
Lacson said he and his campaign team are still finalizing the details of their two final assemblies, which they plan to hold in Cavite and one city in Metro Manila.
At this stage of the election season, the presidential bet to said he hopes he was able to connect with the enlightened voters.
“That’s why we’re focusing on dialogues- we’re focusing on issues, on platforms. And whatever happens, at least, that is the legacy we can leave behind). We tried our best to change that culture of revenge between the voter and the voted,” he said.
Lacson also noted he and his running-mate Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto III had been in public service long enough to recognize that elections had become nothing but a celebration of revenge between opposing forces who should be working together.
“Because this has become a cycle of revenge already. When are we gonna stop? It is our country that suffers. This is not an exaggeration because we’ve been in public service for so long and we’ve observed so many elections. That always happens, they are just fooling each other. We want to break that.,” said Lacson.
Sotto, for his part, mentioned they will keep discussing their campaign platforms anchored on their flagship Budget Reform Advocacy for Village Empowerment (BRAVE) program. They believe this is what the country needs to effectively address its most pressing problems.
The vice-presidential candidate added he is hoping voters would remember him and Lacson as two of their duly elected public officials, who also risked getting infected during the height of the pandemic to enact important laws for the benefit of our embattled frontline workers and citizens.
As this developed, Lacson remains hopeful he will be granted an opportunity to steer the nation towards a new and better direction, on behalf of the tireless volunteers who are working hard to push for his advocacies.
Lacson also acknowledged the efforts of volunteers who were sincerely campaigning for their team since Day One.
Lacson said they are banking on the continuing support of 500,000 organic volunteers nationwide, who are focused on reaching out to the voters that are often ignored or rarely visited by other candidates.
“They don’t concentrate on highways, on major thoroughfares. They are going inside remote locations. We believe those people are the ones who are voting, who are not visited by other candidates, unless they are carried and sent to the central part of town,” he further said.