MANILA, Philippines — A senior ally of President Duterte yesterday said they are in the process of providing an “in-depth research and economic studies” for purposes of convincing Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to run for president in the May 2022 elections.
“We are doing all these research and study to play on the obvious strengths of Mayor Sara, which is her commitment to continue her father’s legacy,” Deputy Speaker Bernadette Herrera of party-list Bagong Henerasyon said.
The House leader serves as spokesperson for Hugpong Para Kay Sara (HPS), a citizens’ organization made up of business people, academics, economists, local government officials, legislators and common citizens who want Sara to succeed her father.
At the same time, Herrera said they also wanted the younger Duterte to “use her independent spirit, decisiveness and style of thoroughly thinking of developmental solutions, qualities which clearly propelled her to the top of recent surveys.”
“We understand why she has not made her decision yet to run for president. This is not an easy decision to make. But we strongly believe that she is ready for this huge responsibility based on her track record and appeal with the masa (masses),” she said.
This is why, according to Herrera, their organization is crucial in helping the very popular local chief executive find out and “study what needs to be done” after her father’s term ends in June 2022.
“She (Sara) wants to assess if she can do this job, if she has the ability to help the Filipino people, small and big businesses, and our health sector, among others, now suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” she explained.
“HPS’ objective is to provide her the research and studies to make this jump into what promises to be a very difficult six-year term. The surveys are high for Mayor Sara because, naturally, people want her to continue her father’s successful programs,” she pointed out.
“Today, you can check out of a hospital and not pay a single centavo. Our youth can study all the way to university for free,” Herrera said.
“We at HPS feel that Mayor Sara can continue these, while coming up with new programs using her own refined style of leadership, her more thoughtful, develop-oriented mindset, to solve the country’s problems in the next six years,” she said.
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