China News Agency, Manila, November 15 (Reporter Guan Xiangdong) November 15 local time is the last day for submitting qualification certificates to register for the 2022 general election in the Philippines.
In the afternoon of the same day, Philippine President Duterte appointed lawyer Meljo Alanas to the National Election Commission to register for the Senate on his behalf.
This is after Duterte said on November 14 that he might run for the next vice president, and once again changed his position in the 2022 Philippine general election.
For some time, various speculations about how Duterte and his daughter will participate in the 2022 election have had a clear result.
On September 8, the Democratic People’s Forces Party (PDP-Laban), the ruling party of the Philippines, held a national congress to nominate current Senator Christopher Wu as the party’s presidential candidate, and current President Duterte as the party’s vice presidential candidate. people.
On October 2, Duterte announced his withdrawal from the nomination of the Philippine Vice President on behalf of PDP-Laban in 2022, and announced that he would withdraw from politics after the end of his administration.
On October 8th, Christopher Wu submitted his qualifications to run for the vice president, but Sarah Duterte-Carpio, who ranked first as the presidential candidate in the Philippine general election poll in 2022, did not submit to run for 2022. Qualification certificate for any position in the central government.
For more than a month, Sarah’s supporters repeatedly expressed their hope that she could come out and serve the country.
On November 9, Sarah announced that she would withdraw her certificate to run for mayor of Davao. On November 11, she swore to join the Philippine Christian Muslim Democratic Forces Party (Lakas-CMD). On November 13, Sarah’s representative went to the Philippine Election Commission to replace her. She submitted proof of qualifications as a candidate for vice president of Lakas-CMD.
Subsequently, the Philippine Election Commission said on social media that the Lakas-CMD vice presidential candidate had withdrawn from the race and was replaced by Sarah Duterte Carpio.
The Philippine presidential candidate, former Philippine senator, son of the late former President Ferdinand Marcos, and chairman of the Federal Party of the Philippines (PFP) Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said immediately that PFP supports Sarah Duterte-Carpio and her partner Running for vice president.
Subsequently, Duterte accompanied Christopher Wu to the National Election Commission, withdrew his candidacy for the vice presidential election, and submitted the candidacy for the presidential election.
Duterte said at the scene that he did not know that the eldest daughter had submitted the qualification certificate for the vice president.
On November 14, Duterte expressed disappointment in Sarah’s campaign for vice president in an interview with the media, “because polls show that she is the first choice for the presidential candidate.”
On the afternoon of November 15, when Duterte finally submitted his qualifications for the senator, the spokesperson of the Philippine President Harry Rock said at a press conference: "Duterte and his daughter love each other and they will never There will be conflicts and will not fight for any position." Later, Locke resigned from the post of presidential spokesperson and followed Sarah to run for the Senate next year as agreed.
Duterte is 76 years old and was elected President of the Philippines in 2016.
The Philippine Constitution stipulates that the President's term of office is 6 years and cannot be re-elected.
The Philippines is scheduled to hold national and local elections in May 2022. A new president, vice president, members of the Senate and House of Representatives, local chief executives and members will be elected.
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