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Business Insight
Wednesday, March 27, 2Ot9
Itts Bong Go, not Sara,
that Dutete wants to succeed him
POLITICAL analyst-
ftiend has an interesting
obsetvation about how
President Duterte is preparing for
post-2022.
He said contrary to what many
assume that Durerte is grooming
his daughter. Davao City Mayor
Sara Duterte-Carpio, to succeed
L'kn rn2022, it's actually his most
reliable, ever loyal aide, Bong Go
that he wants to install in Malaca-
riarrg after his term.
"Nq no, ith not Sara, without an
'H,"' he said. He explained father
and daughter dont see eye-to-eye
on issues and choice of people.
"He can't control Sata. He does not
walt tlat," the analyst said. '
He makes sense.
With Bong Go, it vill truly
be an extension of the Duterte
presidency. Unlike Sata, Bong
Go will do what Duterte savs.
He klows his role in this worid:
a Duterte gofer.
Sara has made a number of po
litical moves that apparendy were
not approved by Duterte, fore-
most of which was *re ouster of
Dutette loyd-ist Pantaleon Alvarez
and replaced by formet Presidert
Glotia Aroyq whose agenda may
not exacdy be in sync $'ith that of
tle chief executive.
Duterte said his choice for
next speaker of the House of
Representatives is Madnduque
Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. While
campaigning in Tacloban, Sara
called former congressman and
now candidate Matin Romualdez
as the "next speaker." (X4rat hap-
pens to formet Foreign Affairs
Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano,
'whom Dutette encouraged to run
fot Taguig congressman and be the
next Speaket?)
Fa*ret and daughter also differ
in their senatodal candidates. Sdra's
Hugpong ng Pagbabago has 13,
one more than the 12 slots to be
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filled. Some of her allies are not
comfotable witll the bloated ticket
because there's the dalger of vot-
ers checking all 13 names and the
vote would be invalidated.
Others also say it redects her
policy of unprincipled accom-
modation. There ate many places
in provinces where Hugpong has
more than one candidate for the
same position.
Former Interior Secretaty Rafael
Alunan and singer Freddie Aguilar
arein the PDP-Laban ticket tlat
Duterte endorses. They ate not iri
Hugpong's slate.
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Two former senators charged
with plunder, Bong Revilla and
Jinggoy Estada, are in Hugpong's
ticket. Duterte is not suppotiflg
the two, who are doing well in pte-
election survevs.
Analysts see the exclusion
of Estrada and Revilla ftom
Duterte's choices as a st&tegy
to pave the way fot the inclusion
of two of his favored candidates:
fotmer police chief Ronald de la
Rosa and Go.
In the latest suwey of Pulse Asia
(Feb.24 to 28,2019) De la Rosa is
already in the Magc 1 2 and Go has
jumped to number three, after re-
electionists Grace Po and Cynthia
Villar. He has surpassed fotmer
movie actot Lito Lapid.
"Duterte will make Bong Go
number one. Mark my word," the
analyst said.
The analyst said it is impoitaot
to Duterte that Bong Go vzill be
the senatorial t topnotcher in tlte
May 201,9 elections because he
willsee it as the power of his en-
dorsement which he thinls he can
extend up to 2022.
President Botg Go in 2022?
God save the Filipino people.
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