Christine Dacera’s mother Sharon appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte for help in seeking justice for the death of her 23-year-old flight attendant daughter.
Sharon on Tuesday afternoon held a press conference and said she could still not believe that Christine is already gone.
“Nagpapasalamat po ako sa ating Panginoong Diyos na binibigyan niya pa ako ng sapat na lakas para harapin ‘yung laban ng anak ko,” Sharon said.
“Ang sakit sakit pa ring i-accept ang nangyari sa anak ko, sobrang sakit. Kung di po dahil sa mga taong tumutulong sakin, hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin ko, the only thing I can do is I wanna hug my daughter…” she added.
“Tatay Digong, Tatay Digong… tulungan mo kami. Ordinaryo lang po ako na tao. ordinaryo lang po ‘yung pamilya ko,” Sharon said.
Christine Dacera’s mother also sought help from Duterte’s daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, saying that the mayor also has a daughter.
“I don’t want that somebody will be victim again of this brutality… Binaboy ninyo ang anak ko! Ayaw ko may mangyari diyan na may babaeng bababuyin ninyo ulit,” she said.
Christine Dacera’s mother seeks Duterte’s help
Earlier, Sharon revealed that her daughter called her during the new year to say that she would have a party at a hotel in Makati with fellow flight attendants.
Christine Dacera’s mother, who is based in General Santos City, said she allowed her daughter to attend the party because she saw that her co-workers were with her.
A few minutes after the new year, Christine Dacera allegedly made a video call to her.
“‘Sinong kasama mo, ‘nak?’ ‘Siyempre, ‘yung mga friends ko po rin na flight attendant.’ Sabi ko sino, so ‘yun pinakita niya sa’kin mga flight attendants. So, in short, since I really trust my daughter, [sabi] ko ‘Basta enjoy ka ‘te ha, enjoy enjoy lang ‘nak,’” said Sharon.
(I asked her ‘Who’s with you?’ She said she was with her fellow flight attendants. I asked her who and she showed me that there were flight attendants there. Since I really trusted my daughter, I told her to enjoy it.)
“Wala akong any presumption na something will happen to my daughter, because siyempre ang kasama niya, mga kasamahan niya ring flight attendant,” Christine Dacera’s mother added.
(I do not have any presumption that something will happen to my daughter because her colleagues who are also flight attendants are with her.)