Philippine VP Sara Duterte announces run for president in 2028
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Announcement follows multiple impeachment complaints against the vice president over allegations of corruption.
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has said she intends to run for president in the upcoming 2028 election, following in the footsteps of her notorious father, ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity.
“It took me 47 years to understand that my life was never meant to be only mine,” Sara Duterte said on Wednesday.
“For a long time, I questioned the weight of responsibility to my family, to my country, to everyone who called on me,” Duterte said in a livestreamed address.
“I am Sara Duterte, and I am running for president in the Philippines,” she said.
Duterte also asked her followers for their “forgiveness” over her previous support for incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos Jr during the last presidential election.
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