Duterte-Cayetano Tandem Kicks off Campaign Proclamation Rally in Tondo, Bohol and Davao City

It's the official start of the campaign season in the Philippines for the 2016 Presidential Elections. On the first of day of campaign, it has become a tradition for every presidential aspirant, their running mate and their political party to host a campaign rally together with their supporters; traditionally in the province where the presidential or vice-presidential aspirant was born, or a place significant to a political party and their supporters.

Grace Poe-Chiz Escudero Tandem had their political rally in Plaza Miranda, Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo had their rally in Roxas City, Capiz - the birthplace of Mar. Miriam Santiago - Bongbong Marcos were in Batac, Ilocos Norte - the hometown of the Marcoses. Jojo Binay and Gringo Honasan had their rally in Mandaluyong - the city next to Binay's Makati City. However, the tandem of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano seems like to break the political tradition of this country by having their political rally on a place that's not the bailiwick of neither of the two; and that place is in Tondo, Manila.

Ironically, Tondo, Manila is the place known to many as the place where criminals, drug addicts and other forms of lawlessness seems to be prevalent - the stuffs that Mayor Duterte hated the most. In addition, Tondo is also the representation of the country's poor people, migrating from the provinces to Metro Manila, seeking for greener pasture, but turned into a disaster. In fact, a lot of people living in poor areas in Tondo were from provinces in Mindanao.

Honestly, I expected that only a few people will come knowing that Duterte is not so good in public speaking, primarily because he's not that good in speaking the Filipino language and he curses a lot in his speeches, but it turned out to be the opposite as thousands of people flocked into the venue and listened to Duterte and Cayetano's speech. The same event also took place in Bohol in Visayas and Davao City in Mindanao where large screens also shows the entire proceedings in Tondo Manila. Thousands of people in Davao City (the hometown of Mayor Duterte) gathered at C. Bangoy (Ponciano Reyes Street) to listen to the speech of their beloved Mayor.

There are also Duterte supporters in different parts of the country, including, Cavite, Cagayan De Oro, General Santos and Lanao Del Norte that conducted motorcade to show their support to Duterte-Cayetano tandem. Check out the pictures for the proclamation rally in Tondo and in Davao City.

Duterte-Cayetano 2016 Political Rally in Tondo, Manila (Photo Credits: Rody Duterte Facebook Page)