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Sister on Duterte presidency: Mom would have been dumbfounded

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1470080" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure><p>MANILA - President-elect Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s sister, Eleanor, has arrived in Manila in time for her brother&#x27;s inauguration in Malacañang on Thursday.</p><p>Speaking to reporters, Eleanor said their late mother would have been greatly proud of Duterte&#x27;s massive victory in the presidential race.</p><p>The late Soledad Duterte had always believed in the capabilities of the long-time mayor of Davao City despite being a hard-headed boy both at home and in school.</p><p>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/lifestyle/05/12/16/throwback-mom-said-duterte-has-the-making-of-a-leader"><strong>Throwback: Mom said Duterte &#x27;has the making of a leader&#x27;</strong></a></p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m happy not because I&#x27;m the sister, but I&#x27;m happy that my mother answered my prayer. Siya talaga. Kung buhay lang ang nanay ko, hindi makapaniwala yun,&quot; said Eleanor.</p><p>&quot;If my mother were alive today, she probably will be dumbfounded that her son became the first Mindanaoan to sit in the office,&quot; she said.</p><p>Their father, on the other hand, would only probably wonder how the 71-year-old Duterte emerged to become the Philippines&#x27; 16th president, Eleanor said in jest.</p><p>&quot;My father will probably scratch his head how his son became president,&quot; she said. &quot;Di ba kinukwento niya (Duterte) na tinapon siya ng Ateneo, nag-graduate siya dun sa high school sa Holy Cross.&quot;</p><p>According to Eleanor, it is most likely destiny that brought her brother to where he is now.</p><p>&quot;Well, there&#x27;s such a thing as destiny. Fate and destiny, sometimes, is hard to question,&quot; she said.</p><div><strong>- Report from Alex Calda, dzMM</strong></div>

MANILA - President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's sister, Eleanor, has arrived in Manila in time for her brother's inauguration in Malacañang on Thursday.