THE UniTeam of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice presidential bet Sara Duterte-Carpio will continue seeking voters’ support until the last day of the campaign period as no candidate is assured of victory until he or she is proclaimed, the presidential daughter said Monday.
Duterte-Carpio, in a chance interview in Pampanga, said even survey front-runners are not guaranteed victory.
In the Pulse Asia survey in February, 53 percent of respondents said they will vote for Duterte-Carpio for vice president while 60 percent said they will vote for Marcos, if the elections were held that time.
Duterte-Carpio said huge crowds in campaign rallies and high survey ratings are not guaranteed votes.
“Wala po yan, dahil we are always running scared. Iyan dapat ang mindset namin, dahil walang kasiguraduhan ang pagkapanalo until ma-proclaim ka po (It’s nothing because we are always running scared. That should be our mindset, because one will not be sure of victory until one is proclaimed),” she said.
She also said she and Marcos continue separate activities to reach as many people as possible.
Duterte-Carpio has thanked her father, President Duterte, for endorsing her candidacy but said he she has not talked with him about the elections, including seeking endorsement for Marcos.
Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, on Monday, endorsed the candidacies of Marcos and Duterte-Carpio.
Arroyo said Duterte-Carpio aside from her achievement as Davao City mayor, deserves a “landslide (victory)” in Pampanga following all the help that President Duterte has given to her province.
Duterte-Carpio and some of the UniTeam senatorial candidates attended Arroyo’s 75th birthday celebration in Lubao and campaigned in Mexico, both in Pampanga, on Monday.
Pampanga is among the 10 biggest provinces in terms of the number of voters registered for the May 9 elections.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Prosecutor General yesterday said Michael Go, a food delivery rider who threatened on Twitter to shoot Marcos, faces a case for violation of Article 282 of the Revised Penal Code for Grave Threat in relation to Republic Act 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
“Grave threat is a crime against public security. Article 282 penalizes any person who shall threaten another with the infliction upon the person, honor, or property of the latter or his family of any wrong amounting to a crime,” the Office said quoting part of a resolution issued by the Quezon City prosecutors office.
It said the prosecutors recommended bail of P72,000.
To recall, the Marcos camp represented by one Ken Romualdez filed a complaint following a tweet from Go with the twitter handle @activistblogger threatening Marcos.
The tweet as quoted in the complaint said, “I was blocked by Marcos Jr in 2016. Paki sabi mag ingat siya sa Tandang Sora QC. Pag dumaan siya dun babarilin ko siya. Di ako takot makulong. Hindi rin ako takot mamatay. Isang malaki karangalan ipaghigante mga kasama ko aktibista biktima ng karahasan panahon ng martial law (I was blocked by Marcos Jr. Tell him to be careful when traveling in Tandang Sora QC. I will shoot him when he happens there. I am not afraid to be imprisoned nor to die. It is big honor for me to avenge my activist comrades who were victims of martial law).
Go allegedly tweeted the threat against Marcos after his car was supposedly blocked by a Marcos convoy.
Go turned himself over to the Quezon city police to deny the allegation that he threatened Marcos, saying the said Twitter account does not belong to him.
But he was detained and subjected to inquest proceedings.
It was not the first time that Marcos was threatened over social media.
Earlier this year, a man threatened via the video sharing app Tiktok to kill Marcos Jr.
The man turned himself over to the National Bureau of Investigation and denied the allegations, saying his photo was used on the supposed account that made the threat. — With Ashzel Hachero
