The tough-talking mayor of Davao City, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and his running mate Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano are set to lead a grand rally on the 79th founding anniversary of Davao City. The grand rally of the Duterte-Cayetano tanem will be held during the founding anniversary of Davao City.
The people of Davao City and the neighboring cities and provinces are expected to show their full support to Mayor Duterte, some of Duterte’s supporters from Visayas and Luzon also pledged to witness the grand rally of Mayor Duterte which could probably reached millions of people converging in Davao City.
According to the organizers of the Duterte-Cayetano grand rally, it will be held at the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue at around 4:00 PM today, March 16, 2016.
The grand rally in Davao City will be the first time that the Duterte-Cayetano tandem will hold a political rally in Duterte’s bailiwick since he started his presidential campaign on February 9. The organizers of the rally also noted that one of the expected highlights of the event will be a candle lighting acitivity.
The candle lighting activity during the Duterte-Cayetano Rally in Davao City is dubbed as “Kahayag sa Pagbag-o” (Light of Change) where Davao City residents are encouraged to go out of their homes or open their windows and light a candle for the Duterte and Cayetano tandem.
The political rally follows the culminating activity of Araw ng Dabaw, the “Parada Dabawenyo”, held in Rizal Park in the morning that is expected to end at 12 noon.