(Bloomberg) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will run against his daughter Sara for the vice presidency in next year's elections, ABS-CBN reported, citing Communications Secretary Martin Andanar.
President Duterte plans to file his candidacy on Monday, the last day to finalize bids for the 2022 polls, Andanar was quoted by ABS-CBN as saying Saturday. When contacted by Bloomberg, Andanar said in a text message that this was “possible.”
Earlier in the day, representatives of the president's daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, filed her certificate to replace the vice-presidential candidate of Lakas-CMD, the political party affiliated with former President Gloria Arroyo.
President Duterte also accompanied his close aide, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, who filed for the presidency after withdrawing his vice-presidential bid.
The younger Duterte, who said earlier that she is open to running for the country's top post, has led some opinion polls. The president's daughter will be the running mate of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, son and namesake of the late dictator. Marcos's party Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, in a resolution signed Saturday, endorsed her candidacy. Last month, she discussed with Marcos how she could help his presidential bid.
A lawyer and an army reserve officer, Sara Duterte has been involved in politics in her family's home city in the southern Philippines since 2007, becoming vice mayor before succeeding her father as mayor. She has joined President Duterte in meetings with world leaders in the past.
On foreign policy, she has said the Philippines shouldn't be begging China for access to disputed waters in the South China Sea, although she has signaled a willingness to work with Beijing on the pandemic response.
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