Misuari told the 200,000 MNLF leaders and supporters who attended the 6th MNLF Summit in Tionko Football Stadium in Davao City to vote for all the Bangon Pilipinas candidates.
Misuari, who is running for the Sulu gubernatorial post on the Bangon Pilipinas slate, said among all presidential candidates, only Villanueva has the credibility to talk about peace and development in the southern island of Mindanao.
Last March 18, during the MNLF’s Freedom Day celebration in Ipil, Zamboanga, Misuari raised Villanueva’s hands as he promised to deliver over five million votes to Bangon Pilipinas.
During the Summit in Davao City, Villanueva and his running-mate, Perfecto Yasay received a warm welcome from the MNLF that arranged a 10,000-strong honor guard for the Bangon Pilipinas candidates.
Villanueva vowed to pursue the spirit and intent of the final peace agreement which was signed in 1996.
He said he will work hand-in-hand with the MNLF to end the conflict in Mindanao so that this region could fully benefit from development efforts concerning Mindanao.
Bangon Pilipinas considers Mindanao as its geographical bailiwick. “Our swing vote will come from Mindanao,” said Atty Lyndon Cana, the Party’s National Campaign Manager.
Bangon Pilipinas is also counting on votes from its sectoral bailiwicks, which include farmers and fisherfolk, labor, urban poor, and overseas Filipino workers.
Villanueva’s early and steady lead in overseas voting exit polls proves that Bangon Pilipinas’ carefully estimated calculation of votes will materialize, Cana said.
“Our conservative calculation is a minimum of 17 million votes for Bro. Eddie and the Bangon Pilipinas Dream Team,” said Cana.
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