Paolo Duterte running for Congress, says sister Sara | Inquirer News

Paolo Duterte running for Congress, says sister Sara

/ 12:26 PM October 01, 2018

Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte

Paolo Duterte. PHOTO FROM RTV MALACANANG

DAVAO CITY — Former Davao City vice mayor Paolo Duterte will be running for Congress, Mayor Sara Duterte announced in a press briefing at City Hall Monday morning.

Sara did not elaborate on her brother’s plans brother but reiterated that she was not running for the Senate.

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Paolo, President Rodrigo Duterte’s eldest child, served as vice mayor until he resigned in December last year following a spat with daughter Isabelle that circulated on social media.

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He and his brother-in-law Manases Carpio, Sara’s husband, also earlier figured in a Senate inquiry on the P6.4-billion worth of shabu that slipped through the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in 2016.

Paolo and Carpio have filed a case of libel against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for dragging their names to the drug smuggling issue. /cbb

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