Duterte Camp asks supporters to stay calm

The elections can really bring out the worst in people, especially in supporters who want to their respective candidates to win. 

It’s time to stop the hate, the aggressive campaigning, the false claims and the black propaganda.

The camp of Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is asking the mayor’s campaigners to stay calm, especially now that he’s topping the surverys. 

“Alam niyo mga supporters, kalma na lang tayo. Mag-umpisa na tayong magdasal. Alam mo may divine intervention na ito. Huwag niyo na itry to fight, because I think the people have spoken. They want a leader who can decide, who’s going to do it,” [You know, we supporters should calm down. Let’s start praying. There’s divine intervention here. Let’s not try to fight it because the people have spoken. They want a leader who can decide, who’s going to do it] said Duterte’s common-law wife, Cielito “Honeylet” Avanceña to ABS-CBN. 

Duterte’s spokesperson. Peter Tiu Lavina, made the same call after receiving reports that TV personality Karen Davilla received social media harassment after her alleged “biased” hosting of the recent PiliPinas debates at the University of Pangasinan. 

“From Day 1, we have called on our followers to take the moral high ground and take caution in social media. In behalf of Mayor Duterte, we reiterate such call and appeal to our social media supporters to stop bashing and even threatening journalists as well as all who express views different from ours,” Lavina said

Musician-actress Aiza Seguerra took to Instagram to call on the public to “exercise discipline.”

Recently, Duterte’s camp and followers have drawn flak over fake claims of endorsement, such as those supposedly coming from the Prime Minister of Singapore, the Chief Executive Officer of Jollibee, and even Pope Francis.