LOOK: ‘Hugpong’ supporters troop to San Juan for rally

Supporters flock early at the San Juan City Hall in Manila for the campaign sortie of senatorial candidates endorsed by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) on early Wednesday (Feb. 27, 2019). INQUIRER.NET / CHRISTIA MARIE RAMOS

MANILA, Philippines — Supporters of senatorial candidates endorsed by pro-administration Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) flocked early to the San Juan City Hall in Manila on Wednesday.

The regional party of presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is endorsing 13 senatorial aspirants namely re-electionist Senators Cynthia Villar, Aquilino Pimentel III, JV Ejercito and Juan Edgardo Angara; former Senators Jinggoy Estrada, Bong Revilla and Pia Cayetano;  Maguindanao Rep. Zajid Mangudadatu, Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, former national police chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, former presidential legal adviser Francis Tolentino and former journalist Jiggy Manicad.

Around 6,000 people are expected to fill the City Hall grounds.

Campaign posters also lined up the streets leading up to the venue of HNP’s rally. /cbb

Thousands of chairs are set up ahead of the campaign sortie of senatorial candidates endorsed by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) early Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, at the San Juan City Hall in Metro Manila. INQUIRER.NET / CHRISTIA MARIE RAMOS

Campaign posters line up the street leading to the San Juan City Hall in Metro Manila for the campaign sortie of senatorial candidates endorsed by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) early Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. INQUIRER.NET / CHRISTIA MARIE RAMOS