Mayor Rody Duterte started his Listening Tour only on January 22 in Butuan City. In matter of weeks he has covered many provinces in Mindanao, Visayas and Luzon. His schedule is pack up to June and he plans his first overseas consultation with OFWs in Hong Kong next month.
See how the people reacted to his Tour. This Quick Poll was taken in three cities in Mindanao between February 5 and April 6. There is a steady rise in his support as more and more people became aware of his advocacy and the possibility that he may throw his hat into the presidential race in 2016.
In the March 2015 Pulse Asia survey, Duterte got 12% support from 0% in November 2014.
In Dagupan City on February 18, he announced that "he could run if only to save" our republic from fragmentation in the aftermath of the debacle at Mamasapano, Maguindanao where 44 members of the Special Action Forces on an arrest mission, and 23 others were killed.
Federalism, he has asserted, is an alternative we need to prepare in case the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law gets rejected and the peace process collapses. War is not an option, according to the long-time Mayor of Davao.
So far, Duterte is the only "presidentiable" carrying a clear change agenda, that of a shift to a federal-parliamentary system to bring about real transformation to the country to address pestering issues on peace, development and good governance.
Under a federal set up, the task of nation-building is shared by the national federal government and states or regions which have more powers and resources, including those of areas in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras.
The other presidential wannabes have business-as-usual programs.
It is of little wonder, throngs of Filipinos clamoring for real change are trooping under his Federalist banner.
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