Sen. Bato dela Rosa Issues Statement amid Looming Senatorial Win
BATO DELA ROSA – The Senator expressed his gratitude to the Duterte supporters for their “protest votes” that boosted his senatorial win.
Amid his detention, former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte requested his children to campaign for the PDP-Laban bets or the #Duter10. The Duterte siblings did campaign fervently for the PDP-Laban candidates as requested by the former President.
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte campaigned for the #Duter10, Senator Imee Marcos, and Las Piñas district Representative Camille Villar in several local campaign sorties she joined. Here are the members of the #Duter10:
- Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go
- Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa
- Congressman Rodante Marcoleta
- singer Jimmy Bondoc
- Jayvee Hinlo
- Raul Lambino
- actor Philip Salvador
- Atty. Victor Rodriguez
- Pastor Apollo Quiboloy
- Doc Marites Mata
Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s youngest daughter, Kitty Duterte, also joined the PDP-Laban campaign sorties in Davao to endorse the senatorial bets of her father. She also called on the Davaoeños to vote for her father who is running for mayo in Davao as well as her brothers, Congressman Paolo Duterte who is seeking for reelection and outgoing Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte who is running for vice mayor.
Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte was proclaimed as winner of Davao mayoral race with a landslide victory. Several allies of the Dutertes also have looming victories in the senatorial election. One of them is Sen. Bato dela Rosa.
More than 97% of the votes have been counted. Based on the partial and unofficial results as of 2:21 p.m. today, here are the Top 12 senatorial candidates in the Philippines:
- Go, Christopher ‘Bong” — 26,464,593
- Aquino, Bam — 26,464,593
- Dela Rosa, Ronald “Bato” — 20,251,285
- Tulfo, Erwin — 16,805,804
- Pangilinan, Kiko — 15,080,685
- Marcoleta, Rodante — 14,896,189
- Lacson, Ping — 14,849,701
- Sotto, Tito — 14,590,488
- Cayetano, Pia — 14,299,335
- Villar, Camille — 13,351,103
- Lapid, Lito — 13,110,798
- Marcos, Imee — 13,029,046
Based on a report on GMA News, Sen. Bato dela Rosa thanked the Duterte supporters for a good standing in the election race results where he ranked third. He stressed that his standing in the survey instantly rose after former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte was arrested.
“‘Yung pag-angat natin dito sa results ay talagang it came with a very heavy price at ito ‘yung freedom ni Pangulong Duterte at ito, bigla tayong umangat nang husto sa survey after nila hinuli at ibiniyahe si Pangulong Duterte do’n sa The Hague,” dela Rosa said.
Based on the report, Sen. Bato dela Rosa called the votes for him as “protest votes” from the Duterte supporters who are deeply affected by what happened to the former President. According to him, it was hard as an opposition to campaign like in borrowing helicopter to reach more areas so, instead, he rode his motorcycle to campaign.
“Ito po’y in-attribute ko talaga ‘yung aming kapanalunan sa kinasapitan ni Pangulong Duterte… Ganito kataas ‘yung aming natanggap na boto, these are protest votes coming from the people who are very much aggrieved about what happened to former President Duterte,” the Senator said.
Amid the victory of several PDP-Laban candidates, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte called on the Filipinos to join in the building of a ‘powerful opposition’.
that’s not protest votes, it only shows that many voters are still dumb.. doesn’t know the real truth and still election results are not credible..