FILE PHOTO: Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domago. Photo from Team Isko
MANILA, Philippines — Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, who is gunning for the presidency, would end his three-month nationwide campaign with a miting de avance in Moriones, Tondo on Saturday, May 7.
The 47-year-old candidate of the Aksyon Demokratiko party said he decided to hold the grand event in Tondo to pay tribute to his humble beginnings.
“Utang ng loob ko sa mga tiga-Tondo kung nasaan man ako sa mundo ng public service. Doon ako nagsimula, doon ko tatapusin ‘yung laban,” Moreno said in a statement Wednesday.
(I owe it to the people of Tondo wherever I am in the world of public service. That is where I started, that is where I will end the fight.)
“I started there (as a councilor) and I’ll end (my presidential campaign) there. ‘Yun man sukli ko na maibigay sa mga tiga-Tondo (That’s the least that I could do for the people of Tondo),” he added.
Moreno also said he chose Moriones, Tondo, because of its accessibility.
“Moriones kasi ‘yun ang common eh. Madaling masakyan ng jeep ‘yung northern part ng Tondo. Kung dito naman sa southern part ng Tondo, pwede mo naman lakarin ‘yun pa-Zaragoza. Malapit ‘yan sa sentro kasi, ‘yung ginawa nating garden,” he explained.
(Moriones is the common area. It is easy to fetch a ride in the northern part of Tondo from there. In the southern part of Tondo, you could just walk from Zaragoza. It’s near the center, where we created the garden.)
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