Senatorial candidate and Makati Mayor Abigail Binay has gained the support of more mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) with Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar and Caloocan City Mayor Dale Gonzalo Malapitan formally endorsing her candidacy on Saturday.
Earlier, Binay received the endorsement of Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano, and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora.
Mayor Aguilar and Vice Mayor April Aguilar jointly raised Binay’s hands to signify their support for her senatorial bid following a motorcade of Team Aguilar around Las Piñas City on Saturday.
Binay also attended the District 2 Caloocan grand rally of Team Aksyon at Malasakit in Caloocan City where she was formally endorsed by Mayor Malapitan before his allies and constituents.
Binay thanked her fellow Metro Mayors for supporting her senatorial bid, vowing to push for the implementation of Makati’s exemplary programs on health, education, and social welfare on a national scale.
“I want all Filipinos across the country to enjoy the same benefits the people of Makati are receiving,” Binay said in Filipino.
Among Binay’s priorities are the provision of free maintenance medicines, enhanced early childhood education beginning at day care, and tax exemption of overtime pay and bonuses of workers to increase their take-home pay.
Binay has also assured her fellow local chief executives of her firm commitment to be the voice of local government units in the Senate, vowing to champion the enactment of a new local government code that will “truly empower LGU’s throughout the country to become catalysts of sustainable development and inclusive progress.”
