EP 11: Sara Duterte for President?

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter running for president. Her vice president, a former defense secretary identified with former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This Sara Duterte-Gilbert Teodoro tandem, of course, was teaser by another former Arroyo administration official, former Budget Secretary and Congressman Rolando Andaya. So, what should we make out of this separate push to “convince” President Duterte himself to run for vice president? 

Well, there’s no tandem voting in the Philippines so if he, indeed, decides to run in 2022 and wins we might end up ultimately, with a Duterte-Duterte leadership in Malacañang. But while Sara Duterte’S possible presidential run may be welcome to her supporters, it also raises eyebrows --we know that political dynasties abound in the country — but who would have thought that one family, who has established its own dynasty in Davao City, would expand it to the very top of Philippine politics?

In this episode Christian Esguerra sits down with former lawmakers Antonio Trillanes IV and Rolando Andaya Jr.