PASAY CITY -- Sectors from various walks of life showed their support for the vice presidential bid of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go as they attended a Metro Manila caravan on Sunday, November 7.
The motorcade began on J.W. Diokno Boulevard in Pasay City and continued through the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue to Monumento in Caloocan City. Thereafter, it returned to the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
Taxi drivers later joined the caravan, in addition to more than 300 motorcycles and 200 cars that were originally part of it. At the end of the gathering, more than 1,000 supporters from various sectors had gathered to show their support.
A Bong Go mascot also joined to entertain the participants and onlookers.
The day before, November 6, hundreds of supporters of Go, who collectively call themselves the Sulong Ang Pag-Unlad Movement, initially participated in separate caravans organized in multiple areas, including Biliran, Bohol, Cagayan, Camarines Norte, Camiguin, Capiz, Davao de Oro, Eastern Samar, Ilocos Sur, Iloilo, Laguna, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, North Cotabato, Northern Samar, Nueva Vizcaya, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Pangasinan, Quirino, Rizal, Siquijor, Southern Leyte, Southern Samar, Zambales, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur as well as the cities of Dumaguete, Iloilo, Mandaluyong, Marawi, Iligan, Parañaque, Pasay, Quezon, San Juan, Tacloban and Valenzuela.
The Go Bong Go Coalition was also launched in Caloocan City in an activity attended by hundreds of supporters on November 6. The event was led by at least 10 parallel groups, including Bayan for Bong Go (B4BG), Friends of Bong Go (FOBG), Go Kabataan, Go Youth Movement, Riders Pilipinas, FOBG Riders, Gammakins, LGBT PILIPINAS, BAGO 2022, and other volunteer support groups.
The Let’s Go VP Bong Go Coalition, which is composed of another 50 parallel groups, similarly conducted a launching event in Subic, Zambales last October 31.
In the 2019 midterm elections, Go received the third highest number of votes in the senatorial race at 20.6 million.
He now consistently leads some of the recent vice presidential polls, topping the Publicus Asia's Pahayag-Quarter 3 survey at 23.6%. The same survey also showed that Go currently enjoys the highest trust score among incumbent senators.