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A man decorates a billboard of President Duterte together with his sons Paolo and Baste at the San Pedro Square in Davao City on June 19, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1719806851233171929993576120220619-vp-sara-duterte-inauguration-GC-2.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A man decorates a billboard of President Duterte together with his sons Paolo and Baste at the San Pedro Square in Davao City on June 19, 2022. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Former President Rodrigo Duterte has belied his daughter Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s announcement that three Dutertes — the former president and the incumbent mayor and congressman of Davao City — will be seeking Senate seats in the 2025 elections.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/27/marcos-on-dutertes-potential-senate-run-it-s-a-free-country-1112">• 3 Dutertes eyeing Senate? Marcos says &#x27;It&#x27;s a free country&#x27;</a></div><p>&quot;Maniwala kayo kay Inday? I-jamming ka niyan nang husto... <span data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="" id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;--darkreader-inline-color:#bfb9b1;--darkreader-inline-bgcolor:#181a1b">Saan ka nakakita, tatay dalawang anak magtakbo [sa Senado</span><span id="isPasted">]... W<span data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="" id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;--darkreader-inline-color:#bfb9b1;--darkreader-inline-bgcolor:#181a1b">ag kayong kumagat kay Inday kasi &#x27;yan si Inday kagaya ko rin &#x27;yan,&quot; </span>Duterte told reporters in Tacloban City on Sunday. </span></p><div><span id="isPasted">(You believe Inday? She will have her fun with you. Where have you seen a father and his two sons all running for the Senate? Don&#x27;t take Inday&#x27;s bait because she is just like me.)</span></div><p>Duterte and his daughter were both last-minute candidates for national positions and had initially filed candidacies for  mayor of Davao City.</p><p>On June 25, Vice President Duterte &quot;confirmed&quot; that her father and two brothers Baste and Paolo would be running for senator in 2025, saying that was what her mother told her.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/25/three-dutertes-to-run-for-senate-vp-sara-duterte-says-1504">• Three Dutertes to run for Senate, VP Sara Duterte says</a></div><p>The supposed announcement has revived discussion of dynastic politics in the Philippines and the failure of Congress — which is dominated by political clans — to pass legislation to enable a ban on political dynasties laid down in the 1987 Constitution.</p><p>Duterte sad it would be &quot;bizarre&quot; to have him and his two sons in the Senate.  </p><p>&quot;Anong gagawin namin sa Senate...Anong gagawin namin doon?&quot; he said.</p><p>(What will we do at the Senate?)</p><div><strong>&#x27;I WILL NOT GO BACK TO POLITICS&#x27;</strong></div><p>But the Duterte patriarch said he no longer has the political capital, nor the funds,  to reenter the political arena after his term ended in 2022.</p><p>&quot;Hindi na ako babalik ng politika. Tapos na po ako. Laos na ako. Wala na akong panggastos, wala na lahat. Ang naiwan sa akin siguro yabang,&quot; Duterte said.</p><p>(I will not return to politics. My time is over. I do not have money or anything else. Maybe all that&#x27;s left of me is my confidence.)</p><p>Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada sought local elective positions after their terms as president. Former presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos remained active on political issues after retirement but did not seek office.</p><p>Former President Benigno Aquino III mostly kept a private life after the 2016 elections.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/26/potential-senate-run-for-dutertes-highlight-dynastic-politics-1008">• Potential Senate run for Dutertes highlights dynastic politics</a></div><div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">Meanwhile, Duterte also said he does not know the reason for his daughter&#x27;s resignation from the Marcos Jr Cabinet.</span></div><div><span dir="ltr">&quot;I really don&#x27;t know the reason, I don&#x27; t talk to my daughter... Sara has her own mind, we do not talk ganito sa trabaho niya. May distansya kami ni Sara,&quot; Duterte said.</span></div><p>(We do not talk about her work. There is some distance between us.)</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wSFVewEb3xE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The Duterte patriarch said he no longer has the political capital, as well as funds, to reenter the political arena after his term ended in 2022.</p>

The Duterte patriarch said he no longer has the political capital, as well as funds, to reenter the political arena after his term ended in 2022.

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'Wag kayong kumagat': Duterte denies plans for Senate run alongside 2 sons

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jul 01, 2024 12:51 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 15, 2024 02:00 AM PHT

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