EP 69: Duterte-Duterte rift?

President Duterte has announced that he would indeed run for vice president next year.

But he also clarified that this would depend on his daughter Sara’s plans in the 2022 elections.

If she ran for president, duterte said he would back out and so would his assistant and Senator Christopher Go for president.

At least, based on her response, Sara Duterte didn’t like what’s happening.

In fact, she said her father had confirmed to her that he would indeed run with Go as his presidential candidate. 

She said Duterte and Go should admit this in public. 

In that same meeting, Sara said her father gave her two options — support the Go-Duterte tandem or accept Go as her vice presidential candidate.

What exactly is happening, not just within the ruling PDP-Laban party, but also within the first family?

Are we seeing a real rift ahead of the 2022 elections or is this more of a show?