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Group backing Isko for president launches in Cavite

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Tanza, Cavite—A multisectoral group pushing for Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso to run for President in the May 2022 elections launched its Cavite chapter in a hybrid event at the Oasis Hotel here on Thursday.

The “Ikaw Muna” (IM) Pilipinas movement debuted in Cavite after its successful national launching, held in the same hybrid fashion, at the University of the Philippines-Diliman last July 2, where some 200 leaders from 16 provinces attended.

The group is composed primarily of farmers, workers, tricycle drivers and operators, small business owners, professionals, health workers, schoolteachers, women, youth, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community, and the private sector.

IM is rooting for “Yorme Isko” to run for the highest position as “we need a new brand of leader and leadership,” said Tim Orbos, the former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) general manager who also served as Undersecretary of the Department of Transportation.

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“He did a great job with his governance in Manila, what more for the Philippines?” stressed Orbos, the group’s lead convenor, as he justified their choice of President in the upcoming elections.

The group highlighted Domagoso’s unique qualities that endear him to the masses and said “Yorme” is different from the rest.

“He is a rare breed of leader that is very down to earth and will reach out to the poor not because he remembers them but cares for them. Thus, it is no wonder why the underprivileged and poor sectors are asking him to run for President,” their statement said.

The group is “astonished” by how Domagoso has administered the capital city despite “fallacious accusations” from the present administration.

They referred to the recent comment of Malacañang on Yorme’s suggestion to improve the government’s pandemic response by purchasing remdesivir, tocilizumab, and ventilators instead of buying more face masks.

“It was unfortunate that ‘politicking’ is the only known answer of the present administration amidst the pandemic,” IM said.

“The vulgar incompetency, corruption, and hunger for power of the present administration make it more tactical and strategic for ordinary people to regain what truthfully belongs to them,” it added.

The worsening split on the administration-led Super Block, on the other hand, paves the way for the opposition and all its allies “to restore a pro-people democracy.”

 Orbos was joined by the movement’s national convenors such as Phillip “Dobol P” Piccio, IM-P head for political affairs Bong Mangahas, and Secretary General Elmer S. Argaño, with provincial convenors like Bryan D. Briones, Nelson Louie E. Genido, and Manny Capiral, President/Founder of the Philippine Eagles Riders Club.

Also seen at the event were Labor leader of the Cavite Economic Zone Lucky Soliman; Radjie C. Gross – founder of LGBTQA Cavite Bachelorette; Rosalina Alota – women’s leader; Fiona Celine Cayabyab – youth leader; Thelma Alicdan – vendors leader; and Daviejane Hementera – TODA (Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association) President.

These persons “are voluntarily extending their commitment of support because they believe Moreno can champion their welfare and rights,” IM said.

The event also hosted the swearing-in of commitment of sectoral leaders of IM Pilipinas- Cavite.

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