Who is the mayor of davao

Sara is the sitting mayor while her younger brother, Sebastian, is vice mayor. Paolo Duterte, her brother, represents the 1st District of Davao in Congress. While Sara's filing of candidacy for reelection would normally silence calls for and speculation over a national run, it should be remembered that just six years ago, President Duterte first filed for mayor before eventually filing his candidacy for president. The older Duterte in filed for reelection as Davao City mayor but months later withdrew this and filed his candidacy for president instead.

Sara Duterte-Carpio, who has been widely tipped to run to succeed her father, did not say why she was withdrawing from the mayor contest, but told supporters on Facebook that further announcements would be made later.

The year-old has led opinion polls throughout this year as the most preferred candidate for president, but has said she does not want that job. The Philippines holds elections in May for positions from president down to governors, mayors and local officials. The window for changing candidates expires on Nov. Duterte-Carpio has repeatedly said she was not interested in running for president.

Bato to Mayor Inday Sara," Cusi said in an earlier statement. The ruling party has also pitched to President Duterte the idea of him running for the Senate, but the latter is still "discerning" it, after he initially announced that he will withdraw from politics when his term ends. Political parties are still allowed to substitute a member who filed a certificate of candidacy with another member until November 15, under current rules of the Commission on Elections.

Duterte's daughter previously said she will not run for the presidency after her father accepted the nomination of his PDP-Laban party to run for vice president, only to withdraw later.

Duterte, who is facing an investigation by the International Criminal Court ICC over allegations of extrajudicial killings in connection with the government's bloody war on drugs, previously told his daughter to seek the presidency with his long-time aide-turned-senator Bong Go as her running mate. Sara, however, turned the suggestion down although independent surveys showed her topping the polls. Bato, who is also under investigation by the ICC, was the architect of "Oplan: Tokhang," the government's anti-drug campaign, when he was the head of the Philippine National Police.

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