EP 43: Emerging tickets in 2022 elections

President Duterte’s political party is now finalizing its list of senatorial candidates in next year’s elections. The list a mix of his cabinet secretaries, incumbent lawmakers, an action star, TV hosts. Now, how much the administration’s selection process is driven by competence, the genuine desire to serve, the ability to win, or avowed loyalty to the president? On the other hand, how is the opposition’s own selection process going especially with Vice President Leni Robredo still reluctant to jump to a decision on whether to run for president?