Sara Duterte, daughter of a former president who is facing charges of crimes against humanity at the Hague, pledged to offer her ‘life, strength and future’ in service of the Philippines
Philippine vice-president Sara Duterte, daughter of the imprisoned former leader Rodridgo Duterte, has announced she will run for president in the country’s 2028 election.
Sara Duterte, 47, said she would offer her “life, strength and future” in service of the Philippines, in a speech on Wednesday that accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, of presiding over a period marked by rampant corruption.
Sara Duterte was once allied with Marcos Jr, and ran on a joint ticket with him in the 2022 election, where they won a landslide victory. However, she resigned from the cabinet two years later, after the two politicians became embroiled in a bitter feud.
Relations between them reached rock bottom last year after Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila and dramatically flown to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity at the international criminal court (ICC). At the time, Sara Duterte condemned his arrest as “oppression and persecution”.
