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Duterte-Duterte for 2022 'height of political dynasty': Carpio

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/03/24/carpio-sara.jpg"/><figcaption>1Sambayan chairperson, former Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. <em>ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte &quot;anointing&quot; his daughter Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as his successor is the &quot;height of political dynasty,&quot; opposition coalition 1Sambayan said Wednesday.</p><p>Part of the reason why the coalition was formed was because of the possible father-daughter tandem in next year&#x27;s polls, a convenor earlier said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/23/21/duterte-duterte-in-2022-theres-an-alternative-says-1sambayan">Duterte-Duterte in 2022? There&#x27;s an alternative, says 1Sambayan</a></li></ul><p>The coalition has to take a &quot;strong position&quot; because the President is bringing his political dynasty to the national level, said its chairperson, former Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio.</p><p>&quot;A president anointing his own daughter as his successor, I think that’s the height of political dynasty,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>&quot;The Constitution says political dynasties shall be restricted according to law. The only problem is Congress has failed to enact the law. We cannot allow this to happen.&quot;</p><p>Carpio denied Duterte-Carpio&#x27;s claim that the coalition was &quot;authoritarian&quot; as it rejects &quot;so many who do not agree with them.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/18/21/bagong-koalisyon-para-sa-halalan-inisa-isa-ang-kapalpakan-ng-duterte-admin">Bagong koalisyon para sa halalan inisa-isa ang &#x27;kapalpakan&#x27; ng Duterte admin</a></li></ul><p>&quot;We have made our position clear. We are against extrajudicial killings, against violation of human rights, we are against political dynasties and all of these can be attributed to the President,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;We have talked to everybody who could be a potential candidate under our qualification standards. We have talked to everybody from the legal left to the legal right...and everybody in between. I think this is the broadest coalition that have been put together for a very long time.&quot;</p><p>The coalition cannot field Senator Manny Pacquiao as one of its candidates as he was not qualified, Carpio said.</p><p>&quot;As congressman, Pacquiao was the number one absentee. He was the topnotcher in absences in Congress. As senator, he was again number 1 in absences. So that basic qualification is not there,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Manny Pacquiao may have a good heart but running the country of 100 million people requires competence... We cannot have a President who is absent.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1646405" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte "anointing" his daughter Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as his successor is the "height of political dynasty," opposition coalition 1Sambayan said Wednesday.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte "anointing" his daughter Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as his successor is the "height of political dynasty," opposition coalition 1Sambayan said Wednesday.