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Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor, vows equality under law

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Chrislen Bulosan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Davao City Mayor-elect Sebastian Duterte takes his oath before Court of Appeals Associate Justice Loida Posadas-Kahulugan at the city" s="" Sangguniang="" Panlungsod="" building="" on="" June="" Manman="" ABS-CBN="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/27/20220627-baste-duterte.jpg"/><figcaption>Davao City Mayor-elect Sebastian Duterte takes his oath before Court of Appeals Associate Justice Loida Posadas-Kahulugan at the city&#x27;s Sangguniang Panlungsod building on June 27, 2022. <em>Manman Dejeto, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>DAVAO CITY — Incoming Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Monday vowed that law violators with ties to authorities would not get special treatment after he was sworn into office.</p><p>In his inaugural speech, the youngest son of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte said all residents of the city would be treated &quot;fairly and equally.&quot;</p><p>“Bisan pa og kaila ta, amigo pa &#x27;ta &#x27;mo, empleyado sa gobyerno, pag-abot sa balaod patas tang tanan,” he said.</p><p>(Whether we&#x27;re friends or you work for the government, we are all equal under the law.)</p><p>Speaking in front of the barangay officials at the City Hall drive, he reminded local residents to not be threatened by law violators when they say they know a certain official.</p><p>“Ayaw mo&#x27;g tuo og name-dropping,&quot; the younger Duterte said.</p><p>(Don&#x27;t believe in name-dropping.)</p><p>He also vowed that peace and order would be a priority of his administration, after Davao City was declared &quot;insurgency-free&quot; under the watch of his sister, outgoing mayor and Vice President-elect Sara Duterte.</p><p>Baste Duterte also urged criminals to think twice before defying the law. </p><p>“Those who think they are above the law and policies of the city, magpahinumdom ko sa tanan nga maghunahuna mobuhat og kagubot diri, ayaw buhata diri. I will always protect and secure our law-abiding citizens,” he said.</p><p>(I am reminding you all who think of wreaking havoc here, don&#x27;t do it.)</p><p>Duterte initially sought reelection as Davao City vice mayor and later ran for mayor instead after his sister pursued the vice presidency. </p><p>Guests at his inauguration included President Duterte. </p><p>About 900 security personnel were also deployed to the Davao City Hall for the event.</p><p>City police earlier said security would be tight for Duterte&#x27;s oath-taking, just like when his sister was sworn into the vice presidency on the same venue on June 19.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/20/22/what-did-sara-duterte-tell-dad-during-inauguration-hug">Sara shares brief, tender chat with father during her inauguration</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/19/22/sara-duterte-takes-oath-as-philippines-15th-vp">Sara Duterte takes oath as Philippines&#x27; 15th vice president</a></li></ul><div><strong>SARA: &#x27;CHALLENGING&#x27; START FOR BASTE ADMIN</strong></div><p>For her part, Sara Duterte cautioned her successor brother that the first months of his administration would be &quot;peculiar&quot; and challenging&quot; due to skyrocketing oil prices nationwide.</p><p>“Ang challenge niani sa tanan is that ang sweldo nato will not increase and ing-ana pud kadako nga mugukod siya sa mga kinahanglan nato gastuson,” the elder Duterte said.</p><p>(The challenge here is that our salary will not increase, so we need to catch it up with our expenses.)</p><p>But the Vice President-elect said she was hopeful her brother would do a &quot;great job&quot; under his watch. </p><div><strong>— With a report from Hernel Tocmo, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><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=1987428" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

In his inaugural speech, the youngest son of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte said all residents of the city would be treated 'fairly and equally.'

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Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor, vows equality under law

Chrislen Bulosan,

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Published Jun 27, 2022 07:01 PM PHT

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