Mayor Sara tells supporters: Be humble, magnanimous in victory

“Tayo na po ang magpakumbaba dahil tayo ang panalo (We should be humble because we won).”

Thus, said presumptive vice president, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to her supporters after partial and unofficial count show her leading with 31.5 million votes.

“Tayo na po ang mauna na lumapit sa mga nakatunggali na supporters ng mga natalong kandidato (Let us be the one to approach supporters of rival candidates who lost),” she said in a video message as part of her online thanksgiving event on Friday, May 13.

“Tayo ang (We are) ‘sana all’, tayo ang (we are) ‘Sara all’, we have to be magnanimous because we are only 31.5 million [voters]. Kailangan natin sila para tayo ay maging isang 100 percent na bansa (We need them so that the country can be 100 percent united),” she added.

She reiterated the UniTeam’s rhetoric of “colorless politics."

“Noong kampanya, sinabi ko na pagkatapos ng eleksyon ay kailangan nating kalimutan ang mga kulay na naging palatandaan ng ating pulitika (During the campaign, I said that we should forget the colors that have become the face of our politics),” the incoming vice president said.

“Ang mga kulay na ito ay naging mukha ng mainit na away ng mga supporters at dahil tapos na ang kampanya at eleksyon, panahon na para kalimutan ang mga kulay na pagkahiwalay-hiwalay (These colors have become the face of heated conflicts between supporters and now that the election is finished, it is time to forget the colors of separation),” she concluded.

Duterte and her running mate, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., both garnered around 31 million plus votes in the 2022 polls. (Seth Cabanban)