Villanueva, Hagedorn Hold Joint Motorcade In Bulacan

Independent senatorial bets Eddie Villanueva and Edward Hagedorn joined forces on Sunday to hold a campaign motorcade in Bulacan, affirming the “unwritten covenant” between the two candidates.

Emerging from the Holy Week break, Villanueva and Hagedorn led a 40-vehicle convoy that passed thousands of supporters who lined the streets of Meycauayan City, Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas, Guiguinto and Malolos City.

The convoy then proceeded to the towns of Plaridel, Pulilan, Baliuag, San Rafael, San Ildefonso and San Miguel.

“We are very happy to see throngs of fellow Bulaqueños who came out to see our motorcade. This is a good way to jumpstart the campaign coming from the Holy Week break, and as we start the last 45 days of the campaign,” Villanueva said.

“The show of support from my fellow Bulaqueños is really very encouraging and heart-warming. This gives us additional energy as we push on with our campaign.

The motorcade started early at around 6:30 a.m. at the section of the MacArthur Highway at the boundary of Meycauayan City and Malanday and proceeded to visit towns in Villanueva’s home province.

Streets were lined with people who took a break from their Easter Sunday celebrations to witness the motorcade.

The joint sortie came after the two candidates committed to support each other’s candidacy as part of an “unwritten covenant” which was reached during Villanueva’s visit to Puerto Princesa earlier this month. As part of the alliance, both camps agreed to schedule joint visits starting with Bulacan and Davao.

According to Villanueva, the joint motorcade was a good opportunity to convey to his supporters in Bulacan his alliance with Hagedorn who is a long-time friend and fellow independent senatorial candidate.

“This sortie is a product of our unwritten covenant to support each other’s senatorial campaign. As I have said before, Mayor Hagedorn shares, in principle, my belief that no one should be left out of the country’s economic growth which sits at the core of my advocacy of ‘politika at ekonomiyang sagigilid’,” Villanueva said.