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Philippines' Duterte accepts endorsement to run as vice president in 2022
In accepting the endorsement, Duterte is making "the sacrifice" and heeding "the clamour of the people," said Karlo Nograles, executive vice president of the ruling PDP-Laban party, quoted by Reuters.
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President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at Davao International airport in Davao City in southern Philippines, Sept. 8, 2018. (Reuters/Lean Daval Jr.)
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hilippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to be the ruling political party's candidate for vice president in next year's elections, a senior official of the PDP-Laban party said in a statement.
In accepting the endorsement, Duterte is making "the sacrifice" and heeding "the clamour of the people," said Karlo Nograles, executive vice president of the ruling PDP-Laban party, quoted by Reuters.
In early July, Duterte gave the strongest hint yet that he might seek the vice presidency in next year's election, saying he was now "seriously thinking" about running.
Speaking at a televised meeting with his political party allies, Duterte, 76, who is not permitted to seek a second term as president, said he was "touched by the outpouring of sentiment" urging him to run for vice president," AFP reported.
To the proposition that I run for vice president, slightly I am sold to the idea. Meaning to say, I am seriously thinking of running for vice president," he said.
In June, he said the vice presidency was a "good idea" because he has unfinished business, like fighting illicit drugs.
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The mercurial former mayor's critics have questioned the legality of him becoming vice president, because he could reassume the top post if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office.
Opinion polls show Duterte remains hugely popular, despite a huge death toll in his notorious anti-drugs campaign and criticism of his government's pandemic response.
