The Philippines has had political empires, including two presidents also named Aquino.
As the race for successor Rodrigo Duterte burns as President, the Filipino people are thinking about what the Southeast Asian country has never seen: the Duterte-Duterte movement.
76-year-old leader banned from seeking re-election running for deputy president, raising hopes of staying in politics for many years, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rotation between the presidency and the Prime Minister.
Duterte’s daughter Sara, 43, the mayor of Davao, on the southern island of Mindanao, is leading the election for the next president and has to run for a different ticket from her father.
When Sara Duterte last week boycotted the presidential election, her aides have been urging her to run in the by-elections, and many believe she will. Some have begun posting posters and posters of “Run, Sara, Run” across the country on the last day of the election on October 8.
His father was elected last week as vice president of his PDP-Laban party on a ticket and his aide Christopher “Bong” Go to run for president. Philippines allows voters to split their ballots as president and vice president, increasing the chances that a father and daughter can win two top jobs.
“These are Putin’s words: The president should be led by a lackey-approved president,” said Manuel Quezon, a reporter for the Inquirer newspaper and a former funeral director. Benigno Aquino Third.
“Having all of them with friends who have a disability can prevent their perception of a single ticket.”
For Duterte’s youth, this was the second time he had succeeded his father in office: in 2010 he took over as mayor of Davao’s term.
Experts have been selling the term portmanteau “Daughter” saying that he can have enough support to build a foundation similar to that of his father. Like Rodrigo Duterte, he paints a picture of a heroic warrior of the common people. He Instagram The site has its own shots next to the motorcycle, one with the hashtag #bikerchick.
In 2011 he beat a soldier in front of him after he refused to delay the demolition of a lonely Davao house where he was trying to resolve a dispute.
However, there are indications that Sara Duterte could be his wife if she wins international positions. “He does not just copy and lie from his father,” said Aries Arugay, a professor of political science at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
When his father decided to chase a ticket with Go last month, he said it was “not fun” and encouraged them to “join the team” he wanted to run for. “I politely advise them to stop talking about me and make me a reason not to run or run,” he said recently on Facebook.
Unlike his father, the US protester who did not go to the White House, he went to Washington last year on a leadership program sponsored by the state department.
The relationship between the father and his daughter is important, as it is possible that future cases will be brought before Rodrigo Duterte. In a country where former presidents were persecuted under the leadership of their successors, the president has said it made sense wants the president to avoid legal prosecution for any wrongdoing.
International Criminal Court Attorney Fatou Bensouda He said in June it was thought that there were “compelling reasons” to believe that a humanitarian case was committed during Duterte’s “drug war,” in which police or officers killed thousands of people. ICC opened preliminary survey of the President’s signature in 2018, which makes Duterte’s departure Philippines from a UN court.
Preliminary polls show that Duterte and his daughter could be popular. Five years of Dutertismo, as some call it a tyrannical presidential race, have ruined the Liberal opposition camp formed by the successors of former President Corazon Aquino. The arrest of Duterte social network and key components such as foreign workers have retained its popularity.
“There is no one else who can compete with the Duterte race and I hope to win,” said Elaine Marie Collado, Philippine director for Vriens & Partner, a government adviser.
A research conducted in June by Pulse Asia named Duterte as the main vice-president for the presidency, with 18% support and his daughter representing the presidential election, with 28% support.
However, only a handful of presidential candidates in the Philippines were selected in their final weeks, including the one that selected Duterte in 2016, experts say the field is still open.
“I would be reluctant to tell the truth for Duterte to run until he writes,” Collado said.
As far as the marriage of Sara Duterte could be, the Philippines has decided that Ferdinand (“Bongbong”) Marcos Jr. or Imee Marcos, children of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, may attend.
Boxer Manny Pacquiao, a member of the PDP-Laban party in Duterte but opposed to Duterte, could announce his candidacy for the presidency, as well as Manila’s famous Francisco (“Isko”) Moreno Moreno.
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