MANILA (Sept 2): Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's daughter said late Wednesday that politicians, including her father's closest aide and preferred successor, have offered to run with her in next year's election. Sara Duterte-Carpio, mayor of the southern Davao City, is leading opinion polls but has yet to disclose her political plans ahead of the deadline to file for candidacy in October. Duterte-Carpio, 43, has been quoted in media as saying she was open to running for president. "Whether or not she has already decided on her plans of running, there really is clamour from many sectors," political analyst and professor Edmund Tayao told Reuters. Duterte has declared he will seek the vice presidency, if daughter Duterte-Carpio does not run for president.
