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EVERY FILIPINO’S RIGHT

June 26, 2024 Jester P. Manalastas 158 views

ANY Filipino has a right to run for election.”

This was the reaction of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez when asked about the earlier pronouncement of VIce President Sara Duterte that three of her family members are eyeing Senate posts in 2025.

In an interview on the sidelines of groundbreaking of the biggest hemodialysis center in the country at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI), Romualdez said he respects the decision of the Duterte family to seek national elections.

“It’s a democratic nation that we live in, so any Filipino has [a] right provided that they have the proper qualifications to seek for higher office,” he said.

VP Sara disclosed that former President Rodrigo Duterte, her brothers, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte and Mayor Sebastian Duterte are joining the senatorial race in the 2025 mid-term elections.

She also announced that Mayor Baste will be running for president in the 2028 national while she is considering to return as Davao City Mayor.

Meanwhile, Speaker Romualdez said he has no plans to run for Senate but is eyeing another term as Leyte First District Representative.

Romualdez is a the president of Lakas-CMD, the country’s largest political party and is allied with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Partido Federal ng Pilipinas.