Top One Cebu bets endorse Cayetano

ONE CEBU’S Winston Garcia endorses Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano: “I know what kind of a person he is.” TONEE DESPOJO/CDN

CEBU CITY—One Cebu gubernatorial bet Winston Garcia and his running mate Nerissa Soon-Ruiz have endorsed Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as their choice for Vice President.

Garcia and Soon-Ruiz met with Cayetano, running mate of PDP-Laban standard-bearer Rodrigo Duterte, at the One Cebu headquarters along Pope John Paul II Ave. in Cebu City about 9 p.m. on Monday.

“He and my brother Pablo John are good friends. I am a good friend of his father and I know what kind of a person he is,” Garcia told reporters after the meeting.

Garcia said that based on surveys they conducted, Cayetano continues to be the leading vice presidential bet in Cebu.  Garcia also vowed to deliver one million votes for the Senator.

The endorsement came about two days after One Cebu announced it was supporting Duterte’s presidential bid.

However, Garcia said he had yet to discuss the endorsement with the rest of One Cebu leaders and emphasized that this was only their personal choice.

One Cebu decided to align with Duterte after weeks of speculation following its breakup with Vice President Jejomar Binay’s United Nationalist Alliance (UNA).

Cayetano, for his part, said the endorsement was an answered prayer.

“The endorsement is mutual. We also support the tandem of Winston and Nerissa,” he added.

Soon-Ruiz stressed that Cayetano had been her personal choice even before their party declared support for Duterte’s presidential bid.

She said that Cayetano had been helpful in providing medical assistance for indigent patients in the sixth district of the province even after her last term as congresswoman.

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