Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte Up for Presidential Bid in 2028?
BASTE DUTERTE – Vice President Sara Duterte revealed that her younger brother, Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte, will run for president in 2028.
In the Philippine political industry, one of the most popular surname is the Duterte. Their family’s patriarch, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte, served as the country’s chief executive from 2016 to 2022. Currently, her daughter, Inday Sara, is the Vice President and the recently-resigned Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary.
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte resigned as the DepEd Secretary and as the vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. The Vice President did not disclose her reason for leaving the Cabinet of Pres. Bongbong Marcos.
Prior to her resignation, her father, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte, has thrown tirades against Marcos. There are speculations that there might be an ongoing rift between the Dutertes and the Marcoses.
As early as now, there are countless people who are curious if Vice Pres. Sara Duterte will run for the presidency in 2028. Undeniably, there are calls for the Vice President to take a presidential bid.
However, before the 2028 National Elections, the Philippines is set to have the 2025 Mid-Term Elections. It will be a political race for the positions of senators, congressmen, and local chief executives.
Recently, the revelation of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte that 3 Dutertes will run in the 2025 senatorial race gathered different reactions. According to the Vice President, her father, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte, and her brothers, Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte and Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte, will run for senators next year.
According to the Vice Pres. Sara Duterte, she learned about it from her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman-Duterte. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the Vice President also revealed that she learned from her mother that Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte will run for president in 2028.
“Ang ingon sa akong mama magdagan ug Senador akong manghod si Baste, sya ang modagan ug President sa 2028,ang ingon sa akong mama mobalik daw ko sa Davao ug mayor,” the Vice President said.
[Ang sabi ng mama ko, tatakbo ng President ang aking bunsong kapatid [na] si Baste sa 2028. Ang sabi ng mama ko, babalik daw ako sa pagka-mayor ng Davao.]