MANILA, Philippines — At least 25 governors across the country backed calls for President Rodrigo Duterte to run for the vice presidential post in the 2022 national elections.
The governors called for Duterte to run for vice president “so he could help his successor oversee the implementation of COVID-19 pandemic response programs.”
According to the governors, the strategy that the Duterte administration is using is “succeeding.”
“However, the virus will not go away in the immediate future. The President’s successor will, thus, need the guiding hand of his vice president in the war against COVID-19,” the governors said in a collective statement.
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