EDITORIAL – Beth’s mission

Elizabeth Zimmerman-Duterte is one tough nut to crack with one soft heart to share.
Caught in a fierce battle with the Big C, Beth, former wife of presidential bet Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte is on a mission—to help bring her husband to the presidency.
Strange? Perhaps. But not for Beth, mother to former Mayor (and now running as unopposed Mayoralty bet) Inday Sara, vice mayor Paolo and Sebastian.
Despite her medical condition, Beth has plunged into the campaign trail, not merely relegated to a kibitzer but deciding to go active in this crucial stretch of the campaign.
Beth and Mayor Rody have gone a long way in the latter’s journey from being a practicing lawyer to prosecutor and to being chief executive of Davao City.
Despite what transpired between them, mutual respect is always there.
Beth is now leading the “Byaheng DU30” a 30-day caravan by 30 volunteers to campaign for the candidacy of Duterte for President.
Shrugging off stage 3 cancer, Beth has decided to stop her radiation sessions to come out and help in the campaign.
Based on medical records, she has 16 more radiation sessions to complete the 33 sessions prescribed by her doctor. That will have to wait after she comes back from the one-month caravan.
Beth knows that there are a lot of questions in the minds of Filipinos about her former husband, and she is only very much willing to answer the queries personally.
In the Facbook page of Byaheng DU30, Beth said she wants to meet her fellow Filipinos and answer their questions about the man in Digong.
Beth has said this clear. She is still very much a part of Digong’s life. “I wanted to help him because he is still part of my family, he is the father of my children. We may be annulled in court but we were also married in the church and the Catholic church never anulled our marriage.”
The caravan is intended to go around mainly the Visayas and Mindanao to thank the supporters and convince the undecided.
Beth’s mission is no joke considering her frail condition. But she is not fazed by the risks of the Big C. In her heart and mind is the mission to bring about the change in the country that she believes only Mayor Duterte can bring.