Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos and Agimat Rep. Bryan Revilla condole with the family of youth leader John Paul “JP” Espiritu Pabalan during a wake in Carmona, Cavite on March 23, 2023.
MANILA, Philippines — House Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos and Agimat Rep. Bryan Revilla visited the wake of John Paul “JP” Espiritu Pabalan on March 23, at Governor’s Drive Bancal in Carmona, Cavite.
Pabalan was a youth leader of the BBM-Sara campaign last year. He was 25.
While at the wake, Marcos and Revilla personally condoled with the youth leader’s parents, Melchor and Mayumi, and then handed over financial aid from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) launched the #StopTheHate campaign last year after Pabalan–a person with a disability (PWD)–got bashed on social media for supporting the election campaign of Marcos and Sara Duterte.
Pabalan passed away due to his lingering illness last March 17.
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