Duterte Expected in Cebu for Private Thanksgiving Party

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is expected to arrive in Cebu City Wednesday for a private thanksgiving party with his supporters.

The party at the exclusive Cebu Country Club was organized by the “Bisaya Napud Movement.”

Jonjie Gonzales, co-founder of the movement, said the event will be strictly private and no media coverage is allowed.

Duterte earlier said he will no longer grant media interviews nor hold press conferences until his term ends.

Another co-founder of the movement, businessman Michael Lloyd Dino, has been named Presidential Assistant for the Visayas under the Duterte administration.

The Cebu Alliance for Change, which also campaigned for Duterte, is organizing a separate thanksgiving party on June 25.

Doris Mongaya, Visayas media coordinator of the Duterte Campaign Team and member of the One Love, One Nation Cebu organizing team, said they are still discussing details on the party, including the venue.

She said it will be open to all supporters who have helped in the campaign, among them, the Cebu for Duterte, Let’s Do it! and other groups. (PNA) LAP/EB/EBP