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Unity talks? Isko Moreno will 'stay the course til the end,' says campaign manager

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Presidential candidate Mayor Isko Moreno during the second Commission on Elections’ #PilipinasDebates2022: The Turning Point at the Sofitel Tent in Pasay City on April 3, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/04/06/20220403-election-presidential-debate-md-59.jpg"/><figcaption>Presidential candidate Mayor Isko Moreno during the second Commission on Elections’ #PilipinasDebates2022: The Turning Point at the Sofitel Tent in Pasay City on April 3, 2022. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso has no plans of withdrawing from the race, his campaign manager said Wednesday.</p><p>Lito Banayo made the remark after reports of renewed effort for unity among presidential candidates aside from former sen. Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos.</p><p>&quot;We’re staying the course. Gaya nga ng sinasabi ni Isko na isasangla ang laway niya. Nailabas na nya ang laway niya na siya&#x27;y tatakbo dahil gusto niya ipaglaban ang karapatan ng mga tao para sa isang disente at maayos na pamumuhay. So he&#x27;s staying the course &#x27;til the end,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>(Just like what Isko said he has pawned his words and said he would run because he wants to fight for the people&#x27;s rights for a decent living.)</p><p>Banayo earlier denied that the Visayas chapter of Domagoso&#x27;s largest volunteer group has withdrawn its support for the Manila Mayor and switched to Vice President Leni Robredo.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/05/22/isko-camp-denies-visayas-volunteers-shifting-to-robredo">Isko camp denies Visayas volunteers shifting support to Robredo</a></li></ul><p>Nick Malazarte, head of the Visayas chapter of Ikaw Muna (IM) Pilipinas, held a press conference in Cebu on Monday, announcing his group&#x27;s shift of support to Robredo.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/22/visayas-volunteer-group-switches-to-leni-from-isko">Isko&#x27;s supporters in Visayas shift support to Leni</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Walang nangyayaring (There&#x27;s no ongoing) unity talks, even the spokesperson of VP Robredo yesterday in another program said they&#x27;re not initiating talks,&quot; Banayo said.</p><p>Domagoso&#x27;s campaign manager also questioned if elections surveys are a &quot;true picture of the public sentiment&quot; as he said &quot;disinformation, fake news, and trolls&quot; discourage people from giving their true sentiments.</p><p>&quot;While I&#x27;m not saying these are fake surveys, the point is we cannot allow our electoral choices to be dictated by surveys. Otherwise wag na tayo mag-election, magsurvey na lang (let&#x27;s not hold an election, let&#x27;s just do a survey),&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Paano kung matauhan ang mga tao na yung unity at kung ano-ano ang sinasabi ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr, naloko pala sila, nagoyo sila. Their votes might migrate to somebody else. We do not know that at this point in time.&quot;</p><p>(What if people wake up from whatever Ferdinand Marcos Jr is saying and realize they were fooled?)</p><p>Domagoso&#x27;s camp has reminded tax officials and the public that the Marcoses, the family of current presidential race frontrunner, has yet to pay some P203 billion in estate taxes, a figure that it said has ballooned from P23 billion due to penalties and surcharges since 1997.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/05/22/marcos-alleged-refusal-to-pay-estate-tax-an-issue-of-entitlement-iskos-camp">Marcos&#x27; alleged refusal to pay estate tax &#x27;an issue of entitlement&#x27;: Isko&#x27;s chief strategist</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/01/22/isko-tells-imee-paying-taxes-nothing-to-do-with-politics">&#x27;It&#x27;s your obligation to pay&#x27;: Isko tells Imee paying tax &#x27;nothing to do with politics&#x27;</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1988939" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso has no plans of withdrawing from the race, his campaign manager said Wednesday.