A DAY before Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is scheduled to appear, her supporters in Bacolod City are holding a motorcade at 3:30 p.m. today, April 28, starting at the South Capitol Road.
The presidential candidate is expected to visit the UNO-R Gymnasium at 1 p.m. on Friday, her supporters also announced on Facebook.
After missing the Cebu leg of the presidential debates, Santiago returned for the final debate last Sunday.
Santiago first ran for president in 1992, and 24 years later, she continued to focus on young voters in a campaign marked by the frequent use of social media and visits to campuses.
“It is now time for the youth to be empowered. Before, only traditional politicians would tell young people what to do, whom to vote for,” the senator said during her visit to a campus in Cebu in February.
With 3.54 million likes on and 2.52 million followers on as of Thursday, Santiago arguably has one of the largest social media footprints among the five presidential candidates.
Santiago has always been an articulate public figure, and social media has given her a platform to show off her humor.
In July 22, 2015, less than three months before the deadline for certificates of candidacy, the senator quipped, “I will run for president if I get well, simply because it’s boring, boring, boring. The landscape is boring. Who are you going to choose for president, aber” (NLG with reports from Sunnex)