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PDP-Laban national council votes to come up with resolution for Duterte's VP bid

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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/05/31/20210517-duterte-enrile-ho-3.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte leads a meeting at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malacañang Park, Manila on May 17, 2021. Simeon Celi, Presidential Photo</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (2ND UPDATE)— The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan’s (PDP-Laban) national council on Monday voted to come up with a resolution urging its chairman, President Rodrigo Duterte, to run for vice president next year. The resolution will also endorse Duterte, 76, to choose a running-mate for the 2022 race.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">BREAKING:: PDP-Laban national council votes to come up with a resolution urging Pres. Duterte to run for vice-president and choose his running mate for president in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2022</a>— Ina Reformina (@InaReformina) <a href="https://twitter.com/InaReformina/status/1399280699773915138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Duterte is not eligible for re-election as President. He has repeatedly denied that his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio would run in the 2022 presidential race. However, he &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/27/21/rodrigo-sara-duterte-vice-president-2022-elections">leaves to God</a>&quot; whether or not he would run for vice president, at least 2 of his aides said last week. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/23/18/duterte-asks-who-is-this-stupid-god">Duterte asks: &#x27;Who is this stupid God?&#x27;</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/25/18/totoo-naman-duterte-defends-stupid-god-remark">‘Totoo naman’: Duterte defends ‘stupid God’ remark</a></li></ul>&quot;If the President thinks it is God&#x27;s will, he will make the proper announcement in due course,&quot; Roque said in a press briefing. Monday&#x27;s PDP-Laban meeting held in Cebu had been the subject of disagreement between party president Sen. Emmanuel &quot;Manny&quot; Pacquiao and its vice chair Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi. Pacquiao had urged PDP-Laban to <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/27/21/pacquiao-cusi-pdp-laban-assembly">snub</a> Cusi&#x27;s call for a meeting. But Duterte&#x27;s spokesman Harry Roque on Sunday revealed it was Duterte who <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/30/21/duterte-tells-pdp-laban-vice-chair-to-lead-party-meeting-pacquiao-to-skip-event">instructed Cusi</a> to lead the meeting. On Sunday, Ron Munsayac, PDP-Laban executive director, said they &quot;have not received any formal communication from the Chairman/President Duterte&quot; regarding the meeting. Duterte skipped the meeting because his schedule was full, said Roque. The President will meet on Monday with the task force leading the country&#x27;s COVID-19 response, and announce quarantine levels for June. Munsayac said Pacquiao will request for a meeting with Duterte &quot;so the two party leaders can discuss and set the agenda for the legitimate national council meeting to be set a month before the filing of candidacies, or earlier if the Chairman wishes.&quot;&quot;So unfortunate that in the midst of the pandemic, politics is capturing the centerstage,&quot; he said.&quot;All our God-given energies should be directed to ensure that the country can still be great even after this crisis.&quot;At the party&#x27;s meeting, those physically present started signing the resolution, while those present via Zoom also manifested support for it.The resolution is expected to be tackled in the next PDP-Laban council meeting in Luzon on July 16, and the subsequent national assembly set on July 17.In the meeting, the party insisted the presence of a quorum with at least 107 out of 159 national council members present. Only 63 members are needed to constitute a quorum.This trumped Negros Oriental Rep. Arnie Teves’ point of order after he argued the meeting should be adjourned since notices were not sent by him as party secretary-general, consistent with party rules.Teves was overruled by the body, which maintained there is no formal appointment document for his designation as secretary-general.The party even moved and voted to install deputy secretary-general Melvin Matibag as interim secretary-general pending a national assembly election.Pacquiao earlier this May criticized Duterte&#x27;s stance on China&#x27;s incursions in the West Philippine Sea as &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/03/21/duterte-stance-against-china-weakened-2016-elections-pacquiao">lacking</a>.&quot; <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/04/21/duterte-pacquiao-pdp-laban-2022-elections">Duterte vs Pacquiao? President remains senator&#x27;s fan, says Palace</a></li></ul>In March, the boxing icon-turned-senator <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/12/21/not-legitimate-pacquiao-says-of-pdp-laban-members-push-for-duterte-vice-presidential-bid">chided PDP-Laban members</a> who urged Duterte to run as vice president in the 2022 elections, following suggestions that his daughter should gun for the presidency. Duterte-Carpio topped a recent survey on most preferred presidential candidates, while Pacquiao trailed at fourth place. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/26/21/name-recall-sara-duterte-2022-elections-pulse-asia">Name recall boosts Sara Duterte, other potential bets in 2022 polls: Pulse Asia</a></li></ul><div> MOCKERY</div>Meanwhile, opposition coalition 1Sambayan said Duterte&#x27;s alleged run for vice president in 2022 &quot;not only makes a mockery of the Constitution but a joke of the worse kind.&quot;&quot;It is laughable and the height of impertinence to the Filipino people,&quot; 1Sambayan convenor Howard Calleja said in a statement.&quot;I am sure the Filipino people would see this as a macrocosm of the Davao formula and reject it as nothing more than one&#x27;s self-interest to maintain Duterte&#x27;s authoritarian brand of failed leadership and traitorous allegiance to China,&quot; he said.<div>– With reports from Ina Reformina and Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News</div>

MANILA (2ND UPDATE)— The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan’s (PDP-Laban) national council on Monday voted to come up with a resolution urging its chairman, President Rodrigo Duterte, to run for vice president next year.

MANILA (2ND UPDATE)— The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan’s (PDP-Laban) national council on Monday voted to come up with a resolution urging its chairman, President Rodrigo Duterte, to run for vice president next year.