Sara Dutete: No talks with her father on VP bid

President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan to witness the Ceremonies of the Accession to the Throne of His Majesty Emperor Naruhito on Oct. 22, 2019. (File photo by KING RODRIGUEZ / Presidential Photographers Division)

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Davao City mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio has not been talking about her vice presidential bid with her father, President Rodrigo Duterte.

“President Duterte and I have no conversations about my running for vice president,” Duterte-Carpio said, speaking in a mix of Filipino and English, in a press conference on Monday, where she was asked about it.

Last week, in an interview with Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, President Duterte said he had talked to his daughter only once about politics “months ago.” 

Based on the president’s answer, it appeared that the said conversation did not end well. 

“We do not talk about politics — except for once. But I don’t want to discuss it because it was not good. It was between father and daughter. But it was also a conversation about politics,” President Duterte said when asked about her daughter’s tandem with former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. 

President Duterte’s faction in the PDP-Laban has adopted Duterte-Carpio as its vice presidential candidate. The faction, however, has not endorsed any presidential candidate yet. 

Initially, the Duterte faction was endorsing the presidential bid of Sen. Bong Go, but the senator later withdrew his candidacy. 

President Duterte himself has not endorsed any presidential candidate yet — including his daughter’s running mate Marcos, whom he once tagged as “a weak leader.”

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