ALLIES AND supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte in the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) have repeatedly urged him to run for vice president in next year’s national polls.
Duterte’s supporters are also pushing his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Carpio to run for the presidency and continue his legacy.
They even came up with a resolution urging Duterte to run in the elections. The resolution cited Duterte’s successes in peace and order, infrastructure development, healthcare, education, and among others.
During a meeting between Duterte and PDP-Laban executives and other officials in Malacañang recently, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said they went around the country and listened to the “messages of support for the President and his administration.”
Cusi, the PDP-Laban vice chairman, said they collected and filed manifestos of support from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, and from PDP-Laban members and non-members who expressed their unity and support in the President’s leadership, recognizing the gains made in the fight against illegal drugs, terrorism, armed conflict, corruption, and poverty.
“Dahil dito, Mr. President, ang PDP-Laban National Council ay nananawagan sa inyo na pakinggan at tugunan ang kahilingan ng kanilang mga nasasakupan na kayo ay tumakbo bilang bise presidente sa darating na halalan sa 2022. At upang makasiguro na maipagpapatuloy ang inyong mga nasimulan na mga polisiya at programa, lalo’t higit sa droga, peace and order, at economic and infrastructure projects,” Cusi said.
Cusi said the influential and well-respected Sulu Governor Sakur Tan also cited the improvement in peace and order situation in his province, which he said could only be sustained if Duterte will run for vice president.
“Sa ngayon halos wala ng Abu Sayyaf. Wala na. Actually parang wala nang kidnap victim kahit isa sa Sulu. Kaya magaling itong mga general natin doon, sina (Western Mindanao Command Chief) General (Corleto) Vinluan, (11th Infantry Division Commander) General (William) Gonzales, magagaling,” Cusi quoted Tan as saying.
Tan was a key figure in the landslide victory of Duterte in Sulu in 2016 and remains a strong political ally of the President in the South.
Provincial governors and mayors and other local government officials are also supporting the PDP-Laban resolution, saying they wanted Duterte to run for the vice presidency.
Duterte said he is considering running for vice president after his term ends next year. “To the proposition that I run for vice president, medyo I’m sold to the idea. So meaning to say, I am seriously thinking of running for vice president,” he said. (Malou Cablinda and Rhoderick Benez)
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