PRRD endorses Go, PDP-Laban bets to fellow Mindanaoans

CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte – President Duterte rallied support for former Special Assistant to the President and senatorial candidate Bong Go and the entire Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas

ng Bayan senatorial ticket and guest candidates during the PDP-Laban campaign rally at Caraga State University on Sunday.

"Akala nila dahil isang aide lang siya, 'yung taga-karga lang. Hindi iyan," President Duterte said. He showed up at the rally wearing Go's campaign Tshirt. (They say he is just a mere aide who carried things for me. That’s not true.)

“Twenty-one years na siyang nasa sa akin. Maraming dumaan sa kamay nito dahil siya ang aking pinagkakatiwalaan,” (He has been with me for 21 years and a lot passed through his hands because I trust him,) he said."

Duterte had earlier noted that not a single centavo went missing in the funds he had entrusted to the former SAP.

Being a man of integrity, Duterte said Go can be trusted by the people to be a senator who can be his partner in his effort to rid the government of corrupt officials.

Go assured the people of the province that he would continue to support the programs and policies of President Duterte.

“Ipagpapatuloy ko po ang mga pagbabagong nasimulan ni Pangulong Duterte, lalong-lalo na po ang kampanya laban sa corruption, kriminalidad, at droga,” (I will continue the programs that were started by President Duterte, particularly his campaign against corruption, criminality and illegal drugs,) Go said."

Go also vowed to support the government’s reintegration program for rebels and pursue localized peace talks to help settle the country’s armed conflicts.

“Susuportahan ko ang Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP) ng ating gobyerno,” (I will support the ECLIP program of the government,) Go said."

Some benefits of E-CLIP include livelihood assistance, payment for surrendered firearms, and free skills trainings.

Go wants to augment the program with bigger cash assistance, medical care, free housing, and other benefits.

He also plans to craft laws that would strengthen localized peace talks pursuant to the Executive Order recently issued by President Duterte creating the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.

He also promised to prioritize free health care. “I will make sure that the Universal health Care Law will be properly implemented and our people will get only zero billing in hospitals. I will continue to help the government build more Malasakit Centers."