‘Pink’ volunteers clean up Bacolod stadium for Leni-Kiko rally on March 11

Vice President Leni Robredo also met with groups from various sectors supporting her presidential bid during a people’s assembly and consultation event, held at the Acacia Hotel Bacolod in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. Here, VP Leni took the opportunity to listen to the concerns of each sector, as well as their commitment of support for her, and shared how she intends to address them if elected in 2022. (Photo by Jay Ganzon / OVP)

BACOLOD CITY––Amid the rain, “pink’” volunteers trooped Sunday to the Paglaum Stadium in this city to help clean the place in preparation for the People’s Rally on Friday, March 11.

Armed with cleaning tools like brooms, dustbins, and scrubs, the volunteers spread all over the grandstand and the field to make sure that the place is clean come Friday when Vice President Leni Robredo and her team arrive for the grand rally.

“The pressure is on after seeing the overwhelming crowd in Iloilo, Cebu, Cavite, and Bulacan,” Laban Leni Negros Occidental (LLNO) spokesperson Pinky Ocampo said.

LLNO is tasked with handling the event in Paglaum Stadium.

“We want to make sure that rain or shine, we will deliver our message that Negros is pink,” Ocampo said.

She said all permits had been secured, including the road closure of Hernaez and Lacson streets from morning until after the March 11 event.

“We are appealing to the public to avoid those roads surrounding the stadium as we expect a spillover of the crowd to occupy those streets,” she said.

Ocampo said they would set up LED walls along Hernaez and Lacson streets to allow people outside to see the activities in the main arena and still participate.

She also appealed to the public not to spread fake news that there is registration for the grand rally.

“This is a People’s Rally, and it is open to the public. We will open the gates at 1 p.m. on Friday, and we encourage everyone to come early as it is a first-come, first-serve basis,” Ocampo said.

We have a special section for the elderly and persons with disabilities and we have ten medic stations, water, and food stations all over the place as well,” she added.

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