PRO-DUTERTE supporters hold a prayer rally in San Fernando, La Union to pray for the release and return of FPRRD to the Philippines.  PhotoGRAPH courtesy of WILLie MARTINEZ
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Pro-Sara supporters join movement

Perseus Echeminada

Supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte has regrouped on Saturday in the Ilocos region to join the call of release and return of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte who currently detained at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands to face trial of alleged crime against humanity.

Willie Martinez, convenor of the “Basta Sara” movement, in a statement, said  his group held a prayer rally in the city of San Ferdinando in La Union to seek divine intervention for the release of the former President.

“Basta Sara and the PDP Laban in Ilocos region join forces to mobilize prayer and candle light events in the Ilocos region,” he said in a statement.

Martinez made the announcement after a pro-Duterte group in Cagayan Valley held a kilometer-long motorcade from Barangay Linao passing major streets in the city then held a birthday party program paying tribute to the former President for his “eight decades of great service to the Filipino people."

The Tuguegarao motorcade, considered the biggest in Cagayan Valley, coincides with events in Tampa, Florida in the United States and other parts of the world.

The prayers and candlelight rallies will continue nationwide and across the world until former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is released from the International Criminal Court detention facility in the Hague, Netherlands Organizers announced on Saturday.

On Saturday, a motorcade was held at Tuguegarao City and later in the evening prayer and candle light rites will be held in city square. In Cagayan de Oro City, the designated area for the  evening prayers is the Rio De Oro Boulevard in Macasandig. Similar activities will be carried out in the Caraga Region, Davao provinces, Cebu and Mandaue.