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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio during the Hugpong ng Pagbabago miting de avance held in Davao City on May 9, 2019. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/12/31/20190510-sara-duterte-davao-jc-4.jpg"/><figcaption>Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio during the Hugpong ng Pagbabago miting de avance held in Davao City on May 9, 2019. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATE) - Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is running for president in next year&#x27;s elections, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda claimed Wednesday.Salceda made the remark after the President&#x27;s daughter withdrew her candidacy for reelection on Tuesday. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/09/21/sara-duterte-drops-mayoral-run-in-davao-city">Sara Duterte drops reelection bid, clearing potential run for higher office</a></li></ul>Salceda said he last spoke to Duterte-Carpio an hour &quot;before everything went down.&quot; The Davao Mayor withdrew from the mayoralty race on the same day that her brother, Davao City Vice Mayor Sebastian &quot;Baste&quot; Duterte, withdrew his candidacy for reelection.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/09/21/baste-duterte-withdraws-reelection-bid-for-davao-city-vice-mayor">On Sara&#x27;s instructions, Baste Duterte withdraws reelection bid for Davao City vice mayor</a></li></ul>The city mayor&#x27;s office also fired Tuesday her information officer, Jefry Tupas, for attending a party where anti-narcotics officers confiscated some P1.5-million worth of party drugs and marijuana. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/09/21/sara-duterte-fires-info-officer-who-attended-party-later-raided-for-drugs">Sara Duterte fires information officer who attended party later raided for drugs</a></li></ul>&quot;There’s no VP option for her and picking a VP for her is not a problem,&quot; Salceda told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.When asked if Duterte-Carpio would be running alongside former senator and presidential candidate Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos, Salceda said it was a &quot;speculation.&quot;&quot;I’m not sure about that. Definitely that’s a speculation because she’s running for president. All these political gyrations just shows she’s going toward the presidency,&quot; he said.&quot;I cannot say confirming but based on our long-running chats, kilometric chats--because I provided her with so many big data about her prospects-- I think basically she will make a good president in the first place.&quot;Duterte-Carpio earlier said she wanted to finish her last term as Davao City mayor and called for understanding from her supporters who were urging her to reconsider her decision.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/08/21/sara-duterte-douses-rumors-shes-filing-candidacy-for-president">No last-minute filing? Sara reiterates she&#x27;s not running for president</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/06/21/sara-duterte-i-want-to-finish-last-term-as-davao-mayor">Sara Duterte: I want to finish last term as Davao mayor</a></li></ul>The Davao City mayor did not change her mind and was set to run for the presidency since May, according to Salceda.&quot;She yielded not a single inch. That enlightened stubbornness, unyielding firmness to purpose. She wanted to run since May. There were just stumbling blocks towards it,&quot; he said.Duterte-Carpio &quot;most likely&quot; will run under Lakas–CMD Partylist, says Salceda.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/11/21/lakas-cmd-exec-admits-filers-for-president-vp-just-placeholders">EXCLUSIVE: Lakas-CMD official admits filers for president, VP just &#x27;placeholders&#x27;</a></li></ul>Duterte-Carpio would also have considered the Marcoses, her close friends, in her decision, Salceda said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/27/21/imee-says-sara-duterte-convinced-marcos-jr-to-run">Imee says Sara Duterte convinced Marcos Jr. to run for president</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/24/21/sara-bongbong-discuss-how-hnp-can-help-his-2022-presidential-bid">Sara says she discussed with Bongbong how HNP can help his 2022 presidential bid</a></li></ul>&quot;Bago siya lumabas (Before she announces) definitely she would tell Bongbong she’s running for president so there will be some kind of...They will be considered in that decision of Sara,&quot; he said.&quot;Possible pa rin yan. Kung si Imee nasunod, Imee wanted Sara to run for president,&quot; he added when asked if Duterte-Carpio would run as vice president of Marcos.<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=1825337" 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>

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is running for president in next year's elections, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda claimed Wednesday.