TAGUM CITY — Hundreds of youths, women and community leaders from different municipalities of Davao Region have participated in the “voters’ orientation seminar” held in Tagum City last March 14.
“It is imperative that our voters must be educated about their right to suffrage so they can join us in choosing our next president in the 2022 elections,” said Represenatative Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte’s 1st District.
Former House Speaker Alvarez, who is behind the orientation seminar, said at a press conference March 14 that he revived Partido Para sa Demokratikong Reporma or Reporma in November 2020 mainly to educate voters in choosing the Philippines’ next leaders.
Nevertheless, he also declared that Reporma is not pushing nor campaigning against any political candidate.
Alvarez resigned from the ruling PDP-Laban Party in late 2020 and accepted the offer of former Defense Secretary Renato de Villa to revive and lead Reporma, which called itself a non-partisan political party.
Months before his ouster as Speaker, Alvarez reportedly criticized Davao Mayor Sara Duterte for creating Hugpong ng Pagbabago, a regional party allied with PDP-Laban. Newsline.ph
