His candidacy received, as soon as it was announced, the support of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Junior, who is running for the presidency and sees his chances of success strengthened.
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The daughter of the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Sara Duterte, announced Saturday, November 13 her candidacy for the vice-president of the country in the elections of May 2022. It thus puts an end to intense speculations according to which she would try to succeed at the head from the state to his father, who cannot run for re-election. A few days earlier, she had announced the withdrawal of her candidacy for a new mandate for mayor of Davao and her rallying to the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats, the national political party of her ally and former president Gloria Arroyo.
This candidacy received, as soon as it was announced, the support of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Junior, who is running for the presidency and sees his chances of success strengthened. Sara Duterte, 43, has so far taken the lead in polls on voters’ preferences for the May 2022 presidential election, while “Bongbong” Marcos has been given second. “The fact that Duterte is running for vice-presidency more or less consolidates Bongbong Marcos in the position of the number one competitor, of the candidate to beat in these elections.”, commented political analyst Richard Heydarian, interviewed by AFP. In the Philippines, the president and vice-president are elected separately.