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Sara Duterte not joining nat'l political party, rules out 2022 tandem with father

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/01/04/20190624-hnp-thanksgiving-mnib-14.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte extends his hand to his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who showed a gesture of respect during the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) Thanksgiving Night at the Peninsula Manila in Makati City on June 24, 2019. Richard Madelo, Presidential Photo/FILE</figcaption></figure></div> MANILA — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday rejected joining a national political party amid rumors that PDP-Laban is considering her as standard bearer in the 2022 elections. Duterte-Carpio, 43, said she will remain with Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod, a Davao City local political party, as well as with Hugpong ng Pagbabago, a regional political party she formed in 2018.&quot;I have no plans of joining a national political party. As I said, I will stay with the Hugpong ng Pagbabago of Davao region and Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod of Davao City,&quot; Duterte-Carpio said in a radio interview after being asked if she was open in joining the ruling party, which his father President Rodrigo Duterte chairs.Some officials of PDP-Laban, particularly the faction of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, have been urging Duterte to run as vice president in 2022 and gave him the liberty to pick a president outside the party. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/02/21/duterte-free-to-choose-running-mate-2022">Duterte free to choose running mate outside PDP-Laban if he runs for VP next year</a></li></ul>His daughter was being floated as a potential running mate. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/03/21/tandem-na-nakamamatay-duterte-duterte-sa-2022-binatikos">&#x27;Tandem na nakamamatay&#x27;: Pinalulutang na Duterte-Duterte sa 2022 binatikos</a></li></ul>However, Duterte-Carpio thumbed down the idea anew, saying her father&#x27;s pronouncement that presidency is not a &quot;woman&#x27;s job&quot; was enough indication that they would not run in tandem in 2022.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/14/21/hindi-ito-pambabae-duterte-says-women-not-fit-for-presidency-denies-sara-to-run-in-2022">&#x27;Hindi ito pambabae&#x27;: Duterte says women not fit for presidency, denies Sara to run in 2022</a></li></ul>&quot;Nag-ingon na si President Duterte di ba nga the presidency is not a woman&#x27;s job, particularly not for me? So kung modagan si President Duterte og vice president, so let&#x27;s not expect nga ako iyang kuhaon nga president.&quot;(President Duterte already said that the presidency is not a woman&#x27;s job, particularly not for me. So if President Duterte runs for vice president, let&#x27;s not expect that he will get me as his president.)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/16/21/mayor-sara-no-duterte-duterte-tandem-in-halalan-2022">Mayor Sara: No Duterte-Duterte tandem in Halalan 2022</a></li></ul>Duterte-Carpio has previously said she was not gunning for the presidency in 2022 but recently admitted she changed her mind due to the insistence of supporters.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/16/21/sara-duterte-inaming-pinag-iisipan-na-ang-pagtakbo-sa-pagkapangulo">Sara Duterte inaming pinag-iisipan na ang pagtakbo sa pagkapangulo</a></li></ul>Her political party gave her &quot;until July&quot; to finalize her 2022 plans, she said.In January, she told her supporters to wait for <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/30/21/sara-duterte-to-political-supporters-wait-for-2034">2034</a>. —Report from Hernel Tocmo

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday rejected joining a national political party amid rumors of PDP-Laban was considering her as standard bearer in the 2022 elections.

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday rejected joining a national political party amid rumors of PDP-Laban was considering her as standard bearer in the 2022 elections.