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Top Agusan del Sur officials join Robredo in rally, as CARAGA support for Leni grows

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Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo at the “Angat Buhay Agusan Del Sur: Liyag para kay Leni” Grand Rally at the Datu Lipus Makapandong Cultural Center in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on Thursday, May 5. (VP Leni Media Bureau)" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/06/05062022-top-agusan-del-sur-officials.jpg"/><figcaption>Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo at the “Angat Buhay Agusan Del Sur: Liyag para kay Leni” Grand Rally at the Datu Lipus Makapandong Cultural Center in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on Thursday, May 5. <em>(VP Leni Media Bureau)</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur – Returning here since her first visit in March, Leni Robredo now approaches the May 9 polls with more CARAGA officials supporting her presidential bid. </p><p>Her rally on Thursday found her onstage at the Datu Lipus Makapadong Cultural Center with the province&#x27;s top officials, among them Gov. Santiago Cane Jr. and Vice-Governor Samuel &quot;Sammy&quot; Tortor. </p><p>District 2 Rep. Adolph Edward &quot;Eddiebong&quot; Plaza was also there, giving her a blooming introduction, as well as 2nd district Rep. Alfel Bascug.</p><p>&quot;It was not a political decision that I made,&quot; Plaza told the crowd. </p><p>Plaza, Bascug, Torto, and Cane Jr. are all members of the National Unity Party (NUP), which backs Robredo&#x27;s rival, Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr.</p><p>&quot;Ang isang desisyon na ginawa ko po, isang linggo akong nagdasal,&quot; Plaza added, and continued that it was a decision that &quot;came from the heart.&quot;</p><p>He did not however, mention support for Robredo&#x27;s running mate, Sen. Francis &quot;Kiko&quot; Pangilinan; the NUP backs the vice presidential bid of Marcos Jr.&#x27;s running mate, Sara Duterte-Carpio.</p><p>Outside the rally venue, posters of the &quot;RoSa&quot; tandem are hung in the public area for campaign materials. </p><p>Some supporters who attended the rally arrived in trucks with posters of Robredo and Duterte-Carpio displayed on the front. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“RoSa” posters in Prosperidad, Agusan Del Sur: some attendees of Robredo’s rally arrive openly supporting the Robredo-Duterte tandem. Duterte’s runningmate Marcos Jr.’s image used only in few posters to promote other candidates &amp; partylists in public space for campaign posters. <a href="https://t.co/sKtrtrkXGm">pic.twitter.com/sKtrtrkXGm</a></p>— Wena Cos (@wenacos) <a href="https://twitter.com/wenacos/status/1522120816225251329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Robredo won the vice presidency in Agusan del Sur with nearly three times as many votes as second-placer Alan Peter Cayetano. Her rival in this year&#x27;s polls, Marcos Jr., only came in third here in 2016.</p><p>In March, Agusan del Norte 1st district Rep. Lawrence Fortun also declared his support for Robredo.</p><p>Just three days earlier, Robredo also secured the backing of Surigao Del Norte Gov. Francisco “Lalo” Matugas through her eldest daughter Aika who visited Siargao to do house-to-house campaigning.</p>

Going against their party, Agusan del Sur Gov. Santiago Cane Jr. and two congressmen in the province place their support on Robredo.

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Top Agusan del Sur officials join Robredo in rally, as CARAGA support for Leni grows

Wena Cos,

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Published May 06, 2022 02:03 AM PHT

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