Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte announced that she is withdrawing her candidacy for city mayor on Tuesday afternoon.
“Ngayong hapon wini-withdraw ko ang aking kandidatura sa pagka-Mayor ng Davao City. Si VM Baste ang papalit sa akin,” the presidential daughter said.
She also refused to divulge more details on her decision to run.
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“Ito lamang po muna sa ngayon. Maraming salamat po,” Sara wrote on her Facebook account.
Sara is the current frontrunner on presidential surveys. She however did not file her certificate of candidacy until October 8 insisting that she would finish her term as city mayor.
Earlier, presidential son and Davao vice mayor Sebastian ‘Baste’ Duterte has withdrawn from the vice mayoral race in Davao City according to sources.
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Councilor Melchor Quitain Jr. will replace the presidential son in the race.
Baste confirmed his withdrawal from the race in a short official statement.
“I am deeply grateful to the Dabawenyos for the support that they have given me all this time. I have no other details to share at the moment,” he said. (TDT)
