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By BEN SERRANO,
Correspondent

BUTUAN CITY — There will be pandemonium if Malacañang succeeds in disqualifying Davao  City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte from running for President of the Republic next year, a political party executive warned.

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In a press conference, Monday, Martin Diño, Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP – Laban) deputy secretary general for National Capitol Region and former Liga ng mga Barangay national president told reporters, here, that the millions of die-hard fans and supporters of Duterte from across the country will not just sit it out quietly but will “obviously do something that will stun everybody.”

Ginawa na nila ma-disqualify si Senator Grace Poe at initially nag-tagumpay nga sila. Subukan nila ito gawin kay Mayor Duterte, di ba boom! Galit na mga taong bayan. Obviously, Malacañang will do everything to disqualify Digong. Subukan nila, tingnan natin kung di galit at rage ang aabutin nila mula sa galit ng taong bayan,” said Diño, who withdrew his candidacy last October to give way for Duterte.

Diño further claimed the majority of Filipinos are already losing faith in the present administration to address the worsening crimes and trafficking of illegal drugs in the country.

“This is the reason why between Mar Roxas and Mayor Duterte, majority of the Filipinos (will) go for Duterte kasi majority of the Filipinos are frustrated on our peace and order, drugs problems. Palpak si Mar Roxas as interior secretary na kunin ang suporta and strong will ng 80% of mayors sa buong bansa na tapusin ang problema sa druga. Kasi kung gusto talaga ng mga mayors tapusin ang illegal drugs problema sa mga syudad at munsipyo nila pwede at kaya naman eh. Pero wala,” Diño said.

He said the move to disqualify Duterte is moot and academic because the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has declared him an official candidate and not a nuisance candidate before he withdrew the candidacy to pave the way for Duterte to have a shot at the presidency.

“There was never a Co-melec hearing on that nuisance notice addressed to me because I withdraw nga my candidacy. But later on, I received a letter notice from Comelec declaring me as not a nuisance candidate anymore. Therefore yung substitution ni Mayor Duterte sa akin ay moot and academic na rin dahil legal,” Diño said.

On a lighter note, Diño said that he too was very eager to see if Duterte and Roxas will make true on their public pronouncement about a “slap-oama.”

When asked by media on who earned the better end of the Duterte-Roxas “slap-oama,” Diño said Duterte got the better end of the free propaganda fallout.

“Definitely Mayor Du-terte totoong lalaki yan di uurong yan sa anumang hamon. You will see how brilliant Mayor Duterte is para mapag-usapan. Si Mar Roxas gumastos milyon-milyon sa TV and radio ads, ewan ko kung saan galing ang pera at baka na over spending na nga yan eh. Tingnan natin sa election expenditures na–i-submit nila kung included ba yan mga milyon-milyong radio and TV ads. Samantalang si Duterte libre na publicity dahil dyan sa sampalan isyu,” Diño pointed out.

Yung Santo Papa isyu ilan araw o weeks pinag-usapan, ito naman ngayong sampalan isyu, one week, two weeks? Other presi-dentiables spend millions just only to be talked about. Ito kay Mayor Duterte libre. At saka hanggang ngayon di pa umangat ratings nya (Roxas) kasi di nga siya napag-usapan at walang interest siya pag-usapan,” Diño said.

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