CALLS for Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to run for president have been gathering steam in Negros Occidental, with at least a dozen city and municipal mayors wanting her to join the race for the country’s top seat in the May 2022 elections.
The shared sentiments of 12 local chief executives were relayed by Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, whom they had met and shared their concerns during his visit to the province recently.
He was joined by former Negros Occidental registrar of deeds lawyer Romulo Gonzaga, provincial chairman of “Run Sara Run,” “Sara All” convenor Himamaylan City Mayor Raymund Tongson, Victorias City Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, Toboso Mayor Richard Jaojoco, San Enrique Mayor Jilson Tubillara, Pontevedra Mayor Jose Maria Alonso and Hinoba-an Mayor Ernesto Estrao.
Silay City Mayor Mark Golez, Hinigaran Mayor Nadie Arceo and La Castellana Mayor Rhumyla Nicor-Mangilimutan have also aired their support to the snowballing call for the Davao City mayor to run for president next year.
The mayors want Duterte-Carpio to run because they want continuity, Panelo said.
Panelo said he was the first one to push Duterte-Carpio to run for president as early as three and a half years ago.
“I started the Sara Duterte for president movement,” he said.
The lawyer added that with the younger Duterte’s consistent high survey ratings, he is confident of her victory in next year’s polls.
Panelo said even in Capiz and Iloilo, the mayors he met also want the lady mayor from Mindanao to run for president to ensure continuity of the initiatives started under the administration of her father, President Rodrigo Duterte.
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