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The daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday stepped down from the running for mayor of Davao City, just days away from a deadline to change candidates for a presidential election next year.
Sara Duterte-Carpio, who is the favourite to run to succeed her father, did not say why she was withdrawing from the mayor race, but told supporters on Facebook that further announcements would be made later.
The 43-year-old has led opinion polls throughout this year as the most preferred candidate for president, but has said she does not want the job.
The Philippines holds elections in May 2022 for positions from president down to governors, mayors and local officials. The window for changing candidates closes on Nov. 15.
“This afternoon I am withdrawing my candidacy for mayor of Davao City,” she said, announcing her brother Sebastian, her vice mayor, will run instead.
Duterte-Carpio has repeatedly said she was uninterested in running for president.
But she recently expressed willingness to push for an alliance with another presidential candidate, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, the controversial son and namesake of the late dictator who was overthrown in 1986.
The Marcos family has for decades been among the Philippines’ most powerful political families. Marcos’ supporters have called on Duterte-Carpio, who is known by her nickname Inday, to be his running mate.
President Duterte, 76, cannot seek a second term under the constitution, and plans to retire.
His daughter is hugely popular and the family enjoys considerable political clout in the south of the country, having run Davao for more than three decades.
Other candidates for the presidency include senator and retired boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, former actor and Manila mayor Francisco Domagoso, incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo, Senator Panfilo Lacson, and Marcos.
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