Duterte-Duterte in 2028 floated at pro-Quiboloy rally

MANILA, Philippines —  An official of the previous administration floated the possibility of the country’s top positions to be held by Vice President Sara Duterte and her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte in 2028.

During the last day of the weeklong Laban Kasama ang Bayan prayer rally at Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila last Tuesday, former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo asked the crowd who the next president in 2028 would be.

The crowd chanted: “Inday Sara Duterte!”

Panelo then told the crowd that the answer to his first question should be the same as his second question: “Who will replace Inday Sara as vice president in 2028?”

The crowd again shouted: “Duterte!”

After asking in jest which Duterte they were referring to, Panelo declared they should be referring to the older Duterte with the nickname “Digong.”

The former president was also present at the rally.

Panelo said he proposed a Duterte-Duterte tandem in the 2022 election, which the father and daughter “declined” due todelicadeza.

With alleged corruption and abuse of power committed by the current administration, Panelo asserted that the younger Duterte should run as president and her father, who was president from 2016 to 2022, as vice president in 2028.

“That’s why in 2028, Mayor Digong is still strong, so I told him that now is the chance that you father and daughter hold power and become president and vice president,” Panelo said.

The prayer rally was organized by members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founded by its embattled pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who is linked to the Dutertes and has been accused of various offenses in the Philippines and in the United States.

At the same prayer rally attended by key figures and Duterte family supporters who want President Marcos to resign, the Vice President enjoined the public to raise their complaints before the President himself.

The younger Duterte appeared last Tuesday evening on the seventh and last day of the event, where she was cheered by supporters opposing the investigations being levied against Quiboloy and his network Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI).

The rally was also attended by hundreds of others calling