GOVERNORS from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Northern and South-Central Mindanao, and the province of Zamboanga del Norte officially endorse LAKAS-CMD senatorial candidate Erwin Tulfo in their senatorial lineup for the upcoming May 12 elections, which will be held this coming Monday.
According to Sultan Kudarat Governor Pax Ali Mangudadatu, Congressman Tulfo has provided significant help to Mindanao, especially during his time as Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
“There was no need to call or approach him. He would come on his own and deliver aid to us during times of calamity,” said the governor from the SOCCSKSARGEN region.
“My mother will also include him in Maguindanao because she has not forgotten that Secretary Tulfo was one of the first to call and ask what the people of Maguindanao needed during the height of the storm and landslides,” Gov. Pax Ali, added.
Gov. Mariam Mangudadatu is the governor of Maguindanao del Sur.
Meanwhile, Sulu Governor Abdusakar Tan has also fully endorsed Tulfo, saying, “Secretary Tulfo’s assistance to us here in Sulu Province is beyond measure, even when there are no calamities, he’s there,” said Gov. Tan.
“His father was stationed here before, and some of his siblings were born here, so he is not different from us,” Tan added.
For Dipolog City Mayor Roberto Uy, who is currently running for governor of Zamboanga del Norte, Tulfo would be of great help to Mindanao.
“I believe that if he becomes senator, Mindanao will no longer be left behind in development,” Uy stated.
“He may have spent his life in Manila and Palawan, but his heart is close to Mindanao because his father and mother, who are originally from Davao Oriental, were stationed here for a long time,” he added.
Leaders from Misamis Oriental and Misamis Occidental had already endorsed Tulfo and his fellow candidates under the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas last month.
