About two weeks after Leni Robredo announced her candidacy, her supporters in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental organized a motor caravan around the City of Smiles.
On October 23, 2021, a motor caravan of about 500 vehicles cars assembled along the national highway at the boundary between Talisay City, Negros Occidental, and Bacolod City.
Decked, decorated and festooned with pink and fuchsia ribbons and balloons, and covered with Leni Robredo tarpaulins, these private cars, vans and jeepney-type vehicles left the assembly area and paraded around the streets of Bacolod City. The excitement of the caravan and its participants were contagious that day that not even an Alert Level 4 status could suppress. And as it was a Saturday, traffic around the city wasn't that bad.
Not to be left behind, the Victorias Leni-Kiko Volunteers also joined the caravan along with #Kakampinks from other towns and cities in Negros Occidental. Victorias is 34 kilometers north of Bacolod. We were there as early as 9:30AM, excited to raise awareness to Leni Robredo's campaign of good governance and genuine public service.
I should have written about our #LabanLeni2022 activities here in my hometown as soon as we were able to hold them but having focused on the campaign and the activities, I wasn't able to produce the blogs.
But writing them only now is really perfect timing because, this time, I am now able to see how the effort one individual or group of individuals has contributed to a tornado-like force that created and continue to create this unstoppable momentum that, each time we come together, inspires more to join.
It turned out that what happened that day showed us, to borrow the words of H. G. Wells, "the shape of things to come".
Yes, since then, everything has snowballed. Slowly, the movement to support Leni Robredo, Kiko Pangilinan and their senatoriables grew one supporter at a time. From a handful of volunteers in our city, it has grown to, not just hundreds, but thousands with many more quietly supporting in the sidelines.
That morning, as the motorcade cruised through the streets of Bacolod, I saw crowds on the sidewalks waving with some pedestrians stopping to watch us pass as we shared our renewed hope that, finally, there is someone who will lead us to a future of #AngatBuhayLahat .
As I sat there at the front seat of the car of a fellow supporter Nonalyn, I realized that the route the caravan was not just path to create awareness and momentum, but was a path that would lead us out of this gloom of injustice, corruption and incompetence.
It has been five months since the caravan, and look how huge the movement is now, not only in Victorias (I'll write more of our activities soon), but in the whole #Philippines .
Ipanalo na 10 to! 😍
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