Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / NI脩O JESUS ORBETA
CEBU CITY鈥擴nited Nationalist Alliance (UNA) Secretary General JV Bautista claimed that about 10,000 people were in attendance during UNA鈥檚 Visayas-wide launch held at the Cebu City Coliseum Friday morning.
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The crowd, he said, was even bigger than the one they had during their Mindanao launch on Monday.
鈥淟ibo libo tayong nagsasama sama ngayong umaga. Kung ganyan, panalo na tayong UNA,鈥� Vice President Jejomar Binay said during his speech.
(Thousands of us are gathered this morning. If that鈥檚 the case, we of UNA are already winners.)
Some allies no-show
However, while Binay and Bautista claimed success in their Visayas launch, only very few of their Cebu allies showed up during the gathering.
Of Cebu鈥檚 incumbent officials, only Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and Toledo Mayor John Henry Osme帽a shared the Cebu Coliseum stage with Binay.
Among members of the Garcia clan, only former Cebu City Mayor Alvin Garcia, cousin of former Cebu Governor and now 3rd district representative Gwen Garcia, was present. The former mayor is seeking election as Cebu City north district representative in the 2016 elections.
Part of the coliseum crowd also started to vacate their seats to go home while Binay delivered his 15-minute speech.
UNA鈥檚 Cebu launch lasted for about two hours and ended shortly before noontime. Doris C. Bongcac/RAM
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