Philippine president announces retirement from politics
Source: BBC
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will not stand for vice-president in next year's election, and will instead retire from politics.
Mr Duterte said last month that he would run for the vice-presidency in 2022. The country's constitution bars him from a second term as president.
But he now says he will withdraw, as "the overwhelming sentiment of the Filipinos is that I am not qualified".
The move comes amid speculation that his daughter could run for president.
Mr Duterte, a controversial "strongman" figure, came to power in 2016 on a platform of crushing crime and fixing the country's drug crisis.
In the five years since his election, critics say he has encouraged police to carry out thousands of extrajudicial killings of suspects in what he's called his "war on drugs".
The Philippines' constitution only permits presidents to serve for a single six-year term.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58772586
True Dough
(17,337 posts)Manny Pacquiao is coming for him.
rpannier
(24,342 posts)His daughter is running for President
Manny isn't better
Historic NY
(37,454 posts)hlthe2b
(102,419 posts)IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,820 posts)That's if he actually ends up leaving. You never can be sure with fascists until they're actually gone.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)Horrible evil man. I have a friend from the Philippines who became an American citizen. He used to communicate on Facebook with friends back home and if politics came up the friends would not answer him. He found out the Duarte government would come to peoples homes and threaten them if they posted anything negative about him.
Martin68
(22,913 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,925 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)A winner would have smashed the government and take over for good. Duterte can't coast past his term on his record of murders.
dalton99a
(81,636 posts)The younger Duterte has repeatedly said she has no plans to run in the May 2022 election. Analysts, though, are sceptical. She previously swapped places with her father as mayor of Davao City, where the family is extremely powerful. Already, banners have appeared across the country with the words, Run, Sara, run. According to early polling by Pulse Asia Research, she has a comfortable lead over all the other candidates.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/18/will-she-run-for-president-dutertes-daughter-keeps-the-philippines-guessing
orangecrush
(19,645 posts)lapfog_1
(29,228 posts)asshole
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Never give up hope.
lonely bird
(1,689 posts)But I will believe it when I see that he is retiring. Somehow I can see him trying to continue as puppet master.
electric_blue68
(14,962 posts)Hope this happens! 🤞🤞🤞👍