About 18,000, not 500,000, attended Marcos-Duterte rally in Las Piñas

In a statement, Las Piñas City Chief of Police Col Jaime Santos belied the news that the rally, organized for the campaign of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate vice presidential aspirant Mayor Sara Duterte, was attended by half a million people.

“Wala po akong sinasabing ganoon. Ang totoong sinabi ko, 5,000 sa loob ng tent, 3,000 sa labas ng tent. Mayroon po kaming official report niyan,” PCol. Santos told ABS-CBN News. “Tapos estimate lang po iyong sa kalsada 8,000-10,000 po ‘yung stretch po ng Alabang-Zapote at ‘yung iba pang dinaanan.

“Estimate po iyon. Walang 500,000. Kasi kung 500,000, napaka-obvious. Ano ‘yun? Lahat, buong Las Pinas andun na? Kahit naman sinong matinong pagiisip, gawa-gawa lang po iyan. Wala pong katotohanan iyan,” he added.