Episode description
Earlier today, President Duterte’s daughter Sara — a frontrunner in major pre-election surveys for president — announced that she would no longer run for any national position next year.
Her statement in response to her father’s decision to run for vice president. according to her, they had both agreed that only one of them would seek a national post in 2022.
But despite the categorical statements from the two Dutertes, many are still not convinced that these decisions are set in stone — at least, not Sara Duterte decision to forgo a presidential run.
Remember that Mister Duterte himself was known to say something and do the exact opposition before he joined the 2016 presidential election by substitution.
Remember that in 2015, Mister Duterte also made a “final and categorical” statement that he would no longer run for president.
In the meantime, the ruling PDP-Laban party also nominated the president’s aide, Senator Christopher Go as its standard bearer. But Go later said he was not interested.
In this episode, we talk about the emerging scenarios and realignment of forces in the upcoming election campaign.
Guests:
Prof. Aries Arugay
U.P. Department of Political Science
Prof. Antonio Contreras
DLSU Political Science Department