DAVAO CITY - Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Tuesday night, Nov. 2 appealed to the organizers of the Sara All Philippines 2022 caravan to give up their plans of holding a caravan amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
"I am respectfully appealing to the organizers of Sara All Philippines 2022 to forego the planned Cotabato to Manila caravan from Nov 4 to Nov 15," Duterte said in her Facebook post captioned "An Appeal to Friends".
Duterte reminded her supporters that "it is extremely unwise to move around the country" at this time of the pandemic.
"I am urging the organizers and the supporters to translate your expression of support into something productive and relevant to society," she added.
Based on the itinerary of the caravan shared by the mayor in her Facebook post, the delegates would take off from Cotabato City on November 4; Bukidnon on November 5, and Cagayan de Oro City on November 6.
The supposed date of arrival in Manila is on November 13 and a "Big Day" event is set on November 15.
Duterte, who announced last September that she will not run for President, also thanked the organizers but reminded them that organizing a caravan is unnecessary.
"Your overwhelming support and trust in me are not being unnoticed. They are deeply appreciated. But then again, the caravan is not necessary because a decision was already made public as early as September 10 not to run for President," she said.
Duterte encouraged the organizers to use the money instead to feed the hungry and to initiate other activities that will benefit those who have less in life.