Former Philippine president Duterte plans senate run in 2025, says Vice-President
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Ms Sara Duterte said her father, Mr Rodrigo Duterte, plans to run in the 2025 Senate election.
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MANILA – Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and his two sons plan to run in the country’s Senate election in 2025, Vice-President Sara Duterte said on June 25.
“All of them are raring to run,” Ms Duterte, the current Philippine Vice-President and daughter of the former president, told reporters less than a week after resigning from the Cabinet of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr
There are 12 seats to be contested in the Philippines’ upper chamber of Congress in 2025.
Mr Duterte’s presidential term ended in 2022.
His eldest son, Mr Paolo Duterte, is a congressman, while his other son, Mr Sebastian Duterte, is mayor of the southern Davao city, the bailiwick of the Duterte family.
Mr Sebastian Duterte is also planning to run for president in 2028, Ms Duterte said.
Ms Duterte’s resignation affirmed what political observers had predicted all along – that the alliance between their families
