Thread by @lianbuan

Packed day for Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte in vote rich Cavite, starting first of their 5 events here today with Gov Jonvic Remulla in Bgy San Juan, Dasmariñas. Remulla promised 800k votes here for Marcos, who edged out Robredo in 2016 with 556k vs 404k @rapplerdotcom

In Uniteam campaign sortie here in Dasma, Gov Jonvic Remulla gives P5k each to two people who got the biggest applause after their song number, and P2k to the third person

This is how the crowd warms up in Bgy San Juan, Dasmariñas for Marcos and Duterte -- with Gov Jonvic Remulla telling an earnest crowd member "mahalay lang pero hindi bastos." He gets P5k in cash immediately after this from the governor.

It's raining cash in here in Uniteam Dasmariñas sortie. So far, Remulla has given out P28,000 in cold thousand peso bills to 9 audience members who either sing or dance.

Section 261 of the Omnibus Election Code prohibits “any person who gives, offers or promises money or anything of value... in order to induce anyone or the public in general to vote for or against any candidate."

Senator Bong Revilla, whom the court ordered to return P124.5 million in plundered pork barrel funds, arrives at the Uniteam sortie in Dasmariñas

Mayor Sara Duterte arrives in Bgy San Juan, Dasmariñas ahead of Bongbong Marcos

Another stump speech from Marcos here in Dasmariñas. When he says the line "Ako ay Pilipino, Taas Noo Kahit Kanino," that's usually the sign that the speech is about to end.

Marcos and Duterte's Cavite sortie, to culminate in a grand rally in Gen Trias Sports Complex later, coincides with Cavite Day, a special non-working holiday for Caviteños

From here in Dasmariñas, Mayor Sara Duterte says she is appreciative of the Marcos endorsement of PDP-Laban Cusi faction. PDP-Laban was founded to oppose the Marcos dictatorship. We tried to ask if her father, Pres Duterte - party chairman - will also follow with endorsement.

Will President Duterte endorse Marcos next? Marcos' campaign manager Benhur Abalos, also of PDP-Laban: Hintayin natin.

Gov Jonvic Remulla defends the giving out of cash in a Uniteam sortie: Hindi pa ako kandidato until 25, BBM was not there. Not until the candidates (for national) arrive is it a violation.

More than 20 mins after cash giving, Sara Duterte arrived, after 50 mins, Marcos arrived.

Remulla: We checked the rules, (cash giving) is allowed as long as the (national) candidates aren't there.

Local campaign period starts March 25. Remulla says up until national bets arrived, it wasn't a Uniteam rally. But the stage, the venue, were filled with Uniteam posters.

Election lawyer Emil Marañon disputes Remulla's interpretation of the law: "To commit vote buying, the vote-buyer need not be a “candidate” as the law says “any person."

Atty Emil Marañon, election lawyer: "Second, the presence or even knowledge of the candidate benefitting from the act is also not an element of the crime. In other words, BBM need not be there for Remulla to commit vote buying for him."

WATCH: After making a statement on the PDP-Laban Cusi faction endorsement, I asked Bongbong Marcos if he had paid part of their P23 billion, potentially P203 billion, estate tax, but he just smiled and walked away.

Here is Marcos' statement on PDP-Laban endorsement

When asked if President Duterte will follow suit and endorse Marcos, Sara Duterte says "I cannot speak for the president, I do not know what he's thinking right now."

Uniteam's next Cavite stop before the Gen Trias grand rally is at an assembly of barangay officials and kagawad at the Sigtuna Covered Court in Tagaytay

In Tagaytay, Sara Duterte asks a supporter to name Uniteam senatorial bets, the supporter turns to Gov Jonvic Remulla and asks: "Sa Dasma may premyo, paano naman po?"

Story on the cash giving in Dasma: rappler.com/nation/cavite-…

Hard to tweet here from Gen Trias Sports Complex, but massive crowd already here ahead of Marcos and Duterte. Comedian Bayani Agbayani was entertaining crowd before senatorial bets. I've seen 6 people who passed out.

Crowd situation at 6:15pm at the Uniteam grand rally in General Trias Sports Complex. Tweeting this video before we lose signal again.

If Marcos and Duterte returned to Cavite to prove that the province is not pink, then this mammoth crowd is a strong show of force.

Here in General Trias, Cavite, the crowd chants for Marcos and Duterte: Panalo ka na!

After singing her signature campaign cover song "Roar," Toni Gonzaga tells the crowd: "Simula po nung tumapak ako sa entablado kasama ng Uniteam, sabi nila bayad daw po ako. Bayad po ba kayo? Katulad ni BBM, huwag na po nating patulan."

Alluding to Robredo overtaking him overnight in the 2016 VP elections, Marcos tells Cavite crowd he will send them 3-in-1 coffee on May 8 "para walang tulugan."

Supreme Court unanimously junked Marcos' electoral protest vs Robredo, widening Robredo's lead further by 15k.

Drone shot is being played in the LED screen on stage.

Governor Jonvic Remulla says the crowd estimate for tonight's Uniteam rally is 100k. Why did Uniteam come back? "Cavite had something to prove."

We just conferred with police on the ground, they say the estimate is 80,000. We confirmed that we can attribute it to the Cavite PNP.

Video of buses which ferried Marcos-Duterte supporters. On the other side were jeepneys which also ferried reporters

Asked how GenTri Sports Complex can hold 80k-100k when his brother Cong Boying Remulla doubted that the venue can hold 47k or the attendance for Robredo, Gov Jonvic Remulla said: "He’s not the expert in crowd estimates. PNP clearly stated the crowd was 3x Leni-Kiko rally"

Drone shots of the Gen Trias crowd earlier courtesy of Lakas-CMD. Crowd estimates vary: 80,000 (on ground police) to 100,000 (Gov Jonvic Remulla)

Story2: rappler.com/nation/video-m…

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