Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte Files COC for Mayor in Davao City
RODRIGO DUTERTE – The former President filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for mayor in Davao City with his son, Baste, as his running mate.
The 2025 Midterm Election is fast-approaching. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has accepted several Certificates of Candidacy or COCs already of those who wanted to vie in the next local and national elections. A lot of people were wondering what the Duterte family, one of the most popular clans in Philippine politics, will run for.
Previously, Senator Bato dela Rosa claimed that Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte will run for senator in 2025 if former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte will vie for the mayoralty race in Davao City.
The younger Duterte is now part of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, the political party of Pres. Bongbong Marcos and one of the members of the grand alliance of major political parties in the Philippines.
Recently, it has been finalized that former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte will run for mayor in Davao City. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the former Chief Executive filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) before the cut-off of the filing at the Commission on Elections Davao District Office.
Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte will run for vice mayor in Davao City in 2025 as the running mate of his father. Based on the report, the younger Duterte expressed his belief that his father still has the wisdom to share to the people.
“His form of governance kay very rare, effective gyud kaayo,” Baste said.
A lot of the Duterte supporters greeted the former President when he arrived in Magsaysay Park to file his COC at the local Comelec office. The former Chief Executive said that he wants to serve the people of Davao. He stressed that the city is “better than yesterday”.
Based on the report, Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte revealed that they have changed their line-up several times but assured that this will be the line-up of their family in the next election.
Aside from former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte running for Davao City mayor and his son, Baste, running as his vice mayor, the former Chief Executive’s older son, Davao City’s first district representative Paolo Duterte, will seek re-election. Brgy. Buhangin Proper chairman Omar Duterte, the son of Paolo, will run for Davao City 2nd District Representative.
Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte was pushed to run for senator in the 2025 Midterm Election. Several survey results have his name as one of the Top 8 senatorial preferences. However, according to the former President, he may not be able to handle the strenuous national campaign anymore.