SISIMULAN ng magka-tandem na sina Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte at Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano ang kanilang kampanya bukas sa Tondo, Maynila.
“This is where we aim to start a new beginning for our country and our people,” sabi ni Peter Laviña, head ng media group ni Duterte, sa isang kalatas.
Idinagdag ni Laviña na magiging simbolo ng paglalakbay para sa pagbabago ang Tondo.
“Tondo mirrors the squalor, the neglect by government, the disparity between rich and poor that characterize the state of our nation,” dagdag ni Laviña.
Nangako rin si Laviña ng mataas na lebel ng pangangampanya mula sa kampo nina Duterte at Cayetano, taliwas umano sa ginagawa ng mga tradisyunal na politiko kung saan puro paninira ang ginagawa sa mga katunggali.
“In this way, we can help effect reforms in our people’s political culture, discarding old practices, and adopting new styles and forms of electoral campaigning,” dagdag ni Laviña.
Inaasahan ding iisa-isahin nina Duterte at Cayetano ang kanilang plataporma sa kanilang proklamasyon ngayong araw.
“These are anchored on ending crime and corruption, increasing social services, promoting economic growth through regional development, building peace, and re-engineering the government system to be responsive to the needs of the citizenry with equality before the law,” sabi pa ni Laviña.