Philippine’s Duterte says daughter to run for president in 2022

Philippine President, Rodrigo’s daughter would run for president in next year’s election and her father’s long-time aide, who filed his vice presidential candidacy, would be her running mate.

Ms Sara Duterte-Carpio is currently mayor of Davao, the Philippines’ third-largest city. She has previously said she would not run for national office next year, and filed on Saturday to run for mayor again.

Ms Duterte-Carpio’s spokesman, Mayor Christina Garcia Frasco said, “The extent of my knowledge is also what was reported, we have no comment on the same.”

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