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Vico Sotto’s mayoralty race rival claims support from Sara Duterte

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio and Pasig Vice Mayor Iyo Caruncho Bernardo pose for a picture during a gathering on December 8, 2021. Photo from Pasig Vice Mayor Iyo Caruncho" s="" official="" Facebook="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/12/09/sara.jpg"/><figcaption>Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio and Pasig Vice Mayor Iyo Caruncho Bernardo pose for a picture during a gathering on December 8, 2021. Photo from Pasig Vice Mayor Iyo Caruncho&#x27;s official Facebook page.</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Pasig Vice Mayor Iyo Caruncho Bernardo on Thursday said he has secured the endorsement of vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio in his mayoralty bid against incumbent Mayor Vico Sotto.</p><p>Bernardo was among the Metro Manila leaders who reportedly attended a recent gathering where President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter vowed to support the candidacies of the attendees.</p><p>“Yes… [I was] with Mayor Sara yesterday in Pasig,” Bernardo told ABS-CBN News when asked to confirm about the endorsement.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/09/21/sara-duterte-carpio-thanks-9-ncr-mayors-for-support">&#x27;Salamat sa suporta, pagkakaibigan&#x27;: Sara Duterte meets 9 Metro Manila mayors</a></li></ul><p>“Any endorsement is welcome especially from someone like Mayor Sara who has made big difference in the lives of the people of Davao,” he said in a text message.</p><p>“Upliftment of the lives of the Pasigueños is my only goal. Her (Duterte-Carpio) leadership, I believe, must be emulated,” he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/06/21/pasig-vice-mayor-confirms-2022-mayoralty-bid-vs-vico-sotto">Pasig vice mayor admits to being &#x27;underdog&#x27; in 2022 mayoralty bid vs Vico Sotto</a></li></ul><p>In a Facebook post, Bernardo said he would also campaign for the Duterte-Carpio in Pasig City.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/iyoccarunchobernardo/posts/351166423480114?_rdc=1&amp;_rdr" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Sotto said he has nothing much to say about Duterte-Carpio’s endorsement.</p><p>“Wala naman akong reaksyon, okay lang naman,” he told ABS-CBN News in a chance interview.</p><p>“Karapatan naman natin sino gusto natin i-endorse, hindi naman kailangan ng comment doon,” he said.</p><p>In 2016, Sotto tweeted his disappointment over the burial of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.</p><p>“Huwag tayo magpaloko! Tama na ang historical revisionism!” Sotto, who was then a city councilor, said in a tweet.</p><p>(Let’s not be fooled! We should stop historical revisionism!)</p><p>Duterte-Carpio is running alongside presidential bet Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/02/21/sara-duterte-sees-unity-ahead-after-bong-go-withdrawal">Sara Duterte on Bong Go withdrawal: Tuloy-tuloy na tayo sa ating pagkakaisa</a></li></ul><p>The Pasig mayor’s uncle, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, is also vying for the vice presidency.</p><p>In an SWS survey conducted in October, Sotto was the frontrunner among vice presidential aspirants with 44 percent, followed by Duterte-Carpio with 25 percent.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/25/21/sws-explains-results-of-vp-race-survey">SWS explains results of VP race survey; Sotto tops 3 different sets of names</a></li></ul><p>When asked if Sotto would seek the endorsement of his relative, the Pasig City mayor said: “My uncle and I have not really talked much politics.”</p><p>The 32-year-old mayor earlier distanced himself from national politics, saying he would rather focus on his job in the city.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/05/21/bakit-ako-makikisawsaw-why-vico-sotto-distances-himself-from-national-politics">Why Vico Sotto distances himself from national politics</a></li></ul><div> </div>

Pasig Vice Mayor Iyo Caruncho Bernardo on Thursday said he has secured the endorsement of vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio in his mayoralty bid against incumbent Mayor Vico Sotto.

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Vico Sotto’s mayoralty race rival claims support from Sara Duterte

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 09, 2021 07:53 PM PHT

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Updated December 09, 2021 09:31 PM PHT

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