MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s possible vice presidential bid is fueled by his “real intention” of becoming a “successor-president,” Albay 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman said Sunday.
Lagman believes that Duterte, who has entertained the notion of running for vice president after his term ends, “fully knows” that a vice president will have no immunity from lawsuits.
“Duterte’s latest alibi of securing immunity from suits by running for vice president is grossly mistaken,” Lagman said in a statement.
“Considering that only the President is immune from lawsuits, a legal verity which President Rodrigo Duterte fully knows, then his pretext…
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