NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur—Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters are all out in preparing for her official campaign’s kick-off as “#KulayRosasAngBukas” and “People’s Campaign” become the top trending topics on Twitter on Monday, Feb. 7.
The official campaign period, which will run for 90 days, will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 8
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As of posting time, the hashtag #KulayRosasAngBukas, which Robredo’s campaign team published on early Monday, has been tweeted for 52,500 times, earning it the top place on Twitter’s trending topic.
Almost all of the tweets included a pink photo with a rose at the bottom right corner.
The same photo was released by Robredo’s camp upon announcing that rose will be the official symbol of her campaign because it means “love” and “hope.”
Supporters started posting the photo and the hashtag at 10 a.m.
“Ito ang angkop na tatak na sumasalamin sa sentro ng ating laban - ang puso ng bawat Pilipino na nagbibigay buhay sa ating People’s Campaign (This is the right symbol that mirrors the center of our fight—that the heart of every Filipino breaths life in our People’s Campaign),” Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez earlier said in a statement.
“Parating na ang pagbabago (Change is coming),” tweeted popular local band Itchyworms.
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The same slogan was used by the Duterte campaign in 2016.
Tarantadong Kalbo, the artist who became popular for his “Tumindig” series, tweeted a sketch of people in color pink forming the letter “L.”
He said, “People’s Campaign.”
“VP Leni has crossed the Rubicon. We will cross also our own Rubicon. It's now or never. Your decision in the ballots is our weapon to change the track of our history. VP Leni has accepted the challenge. We must accept ours too. #KulayRosasAngBukas,” added DeusXMachina (@DeusXMachina14).
“The future is female #KulayRosasAngBukas,” tweeted Roderick (@rodel_maghirang) with a photo of a young supporter waving a shirt that says the same phrase.
“The last Man standing is a Still a Woman #kulayrosasangbukas #LetLeniLead2022,” Mely Jamandre (@mely_jamandre) wrote, quoting Robredo’s famous words.
“Grabe...naiiyak ako (This is too much... I cried), first time in my whole 51 yrs in life, campaigning with my own expense, bcoz why not, para sa aking Bayan (for my country),” Morgana Ranque for Perfect 10 (@MorganaRanque) posted.
“Robredo is now gaining numbers because of People's Campaign. Iba na pag taumbayan ang kumilos (It’s different when it’s the people who are mobilizing),” claimed Eden (Eden11820733).
Celebrities Agot Isidro, Saab Magalona-Bacarro, Lara Quigaman-Alcaraz, Bianca Gonzalez, K Brosas, and Jim Paredes, were among others joined the Twitter party.