Leonardia: Duterte to be Present in the 40th Masskara Festival

Mayor Evelio Leonardia said Tuesday that President Rodrigo R. Duterte will visit Bacolod City as a guest of honor during the Ruby Masskara Festival scheduled from October 7 to 27 this year.

Leonardia
Photo from Bacolod City PIO

During the 69th National Executive Board Meeting of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), Leonardia met the Davao City Chief Executive at Dusit Hotel last Friday, September 17.

Leonardia, city mayor of Bacolod and LCP’s national president, mentioned that the President said yes immediately when asked if he can attend the festival once more.

Without batting an eyelash, he said “Yes, I’m going to show my support for you,” Leonardia said.

Leonardia added that he is appreciative that the President has expressed his aspirations to visit Bacolod during the Masskara Festival once again.

This only means that Bacolod is very special to him. We should be happy with that. He is a president having popular ratings, unprecedented. I’m sure outside of Davao, we are the only city with a festival he has attended three times straight. If it happens once again, it will be the fourth time,” Leonardia said.

Duterte was the first-ever president to have graced the opening of the 37th Masskara Festival on October 2 of 2016. He also attended the highlights of the festival on October 22 the following year. Duterte also arrived on October 27 last year, mentioned that he came to the city of Bacolod because finds the Masskara “beautiful and enjoyable.”

In Leonardia’s letter to the President dated September 26, he invited Duterte to be “the guest of honor at any day or time convenient to you during these 21 days of our celebration.”

As our top tourism icon, this now internationally-acclaimed festival is a showcase of our people’s unity and a symbol of the dynamism of the city. Your presence will again be a wellspring of inspiration for our people,” he added.

With the theme “Bacolod, City of Smiles“, the Ruby Masskara Festival will formally open on October 7 at Bacolod Public Plaza.

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