A group in Pasig City urged on Saturday Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso to run for president in the 2022 national elections.
According to Elmer Argaño, secretary general of Ikaw Muna Pilipinas (IM Pilipinas), Rizalito Bunyi, chairman of Alyansa ng Pagkakaisa sa Pasig (ALPPA), and Cyril Manaog, a community organizer, coordinated with him for their possible alliance to promote Moreno’s presidential candidacy.
They said that they see the similarities in the leadership of Mayor Isko and their own city mayor, Vico Sotto, whom they supported in 2019.
"ISKOPasig, like IM Pilipinas, is deeply praying that Mayor Isko Moreno will run for president in the fast-approaching presidential elections, with the firm belief that he is the best option of the Filipino people from among the list of presidentiables.
We believe Mayor Isko has the heart, the appropriate toolset and right mindset badly needed by our country, especially in the face of stiff uphill challenges brought about by the great social, moral and economic destruction caused by the pandemic. Now is the time for the Philippines to have a president with global vision, sincere compassion for the poor and needyand one that is full of action, more than words, which Mayor Isko embodies," Argaño said in an interview with Manila Bulletin.
The ISKOPasig was launched Saturday via a jogging and exercise event participated in by around 50 Pasigueños representing the 30 barangays of the city.
The group also served hot meals to around a hundred tricycle drivers stationed at the Pasig City Market.
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto signed on Wednesday Executive Order No. 70, Series of 2021 providing the 1,800 existing colorum tricycle drivers legal franchise to operate in the city in its bid to curb corruption in tricycles and traffic management in Pasig City.
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