The camp of Mayor Duterte denied the allegations made by Sen. Grace Poe and Sen. Chiz Escudero that the camp of Mayor Duterte was behind the junked rally of the Poe-Escudero tandem in Davao City. According to the spokesman of Mayor Duterte’s camp, the senators should blame their “lazy organizers” for their failure to secure permits for a campaign rally which was supposed to be held in Davao City.
Peter Lavina, the spokesman of Mayor Duterte’s camp stated that “Their organizers are lazy. They did not do their job. That’s not our fault or the city government of Davao’s fault,” said Peter Lavina.
The independent candidates Poe-Escudero tandem and their senatorial candidates cancelled their slated campaign sorties in Davao City because they lacked permits to do so.
The Duterte camp noted that they learned that there was an application, but it was not pursued. He was quoted as saying “Hindi na bumalik ang nag-file. Tamad, napagod siguro o naghahanap ng rason. Kaninong kasalanan yan, Lavina revealed.
According to Mayor Duterte’s camp, the camp of Sen. Grace Poe and Sen. Escudero is twisting the events in Davao City as reported by some news media that they were barred from holding rallies in Davao City because of political reasons.
Aside from the failed campaign sortie of the Poe-Escudero tandem in Davao City, the “Partido Galing at Puso” of Sen. Grace Poe also failed to conduct their scheduled rally in Tacloban City due to some reasons.