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“Dili tanang Dabawenyo DDS” (Not all Dabawenyos are DDS), the Davao for Leni Movement asserts on its Facebook page that has now at least 32,000 followers. DDS refers to “Diehard Duterte Supporters,” the name appropriated by supporters of Duterte during the election campaign for the Presidential elections in 2016, to change the meaning of the initials associated with the Davao Death Squad which was blamed for the killing of suspected drug users and pushers during Duterte’s bloody war against illegal drugs in the city.
In the afternoon after the motorcade, about 15 youth volunteers would be harassed by an intruder who managed to get inside their volunteers’ center and who berated them for allegedly being misguided and paid and should not be tolerated in the city. “In response to his verbal attacks we asserted and responded that Davao is not owned by any one group or family and that Davaoeños are respectful and are law-abiding people. We believe that Davaoeños welcome ideas which may not be always aligned with those of others. Davao is home to diverse people with diverse beliefs. It is a place for radical love,” the Davao Youth for Leni said in a statement.
Wednesday’s motorcade brought together individuals and organizations from various sectors and generations – women, students, martial law survivors, entrepreneurs, laborers, professionals, religious, members of party list groups including Akbayan and the Makabayan bloc, the youth – still a tiny minority in a city of 1.78 million – but significant in the city’s long history of resistance. |via Mindanews
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