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Business Insight Wednesday, March 27, 2Ot9
Itts Bong Go, not Sara, that Dutete wants to succeed him POLITICAL analyst-
Two former senators charged with plunder, Bong Revilla and
ftiend has an interesting obsetvation about how
Jinggoy Estada, are in Hugpong's
President Duterte is preparing for
ticket. Duterte is not suppotiflg
post-2022.
the two, who are doing well in pteelection survevs.
He said contrary to what many assume that Durerte is grooming his daughter. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, to succeed L'kn rn2022, it's actually his most reliable, ever loyal aide, Bong Go that he wants to install in Malaca-
Analysts see the exclusion Estrada and Revilla ftom
of
Duterte's choices as a st&tegy to pave the way fot the inclusion
of two of his favored candidates: fotmer police chief Ronald de la
riarrg after his term.
Rosa and Go.
"Nq no, ith not Sara, without an 'H,"' he said. He explained father and daughter dont see eye-to-eye on issues and choice "He can't control
of
people.
Sata. He does
walt tlat," the analyst said. '
not
He makes sense.
With Bong Go, it
vill truly
be an extension of the Duterte presidency. Unlike Sata, Bong
Go will do what Duterte savs. He klows his role in this worid: a
Duterte gofer. Sara has made a number
of po
litical moves that apparendy were not approved by Duterte, foremost of which was *re ouster of Dutette loyd-ist Pantaleon Alvarez and replaced by formet Presidert Glotia
Aroyq
whose agenda may
not exacdy be in sync $'ith that of tle chief executive.
Duterte said his choice for
next speaker
of
the House of
Representatives is Madnduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. While campaigning in Tacloban, Sara called former congressman and now candidate Matin Romualdez as the "next speaker." (X4rat happens to formet Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, 'whom Dutette encouraged to run fot Taguig congressman and be the next Speaket?) Fa*ret and daughter also differ in their senatodal candidates. Sdra's Hugpong ng Pagbabago has 13, one more than the 12 slots to be
\
filled. Some of her allies are not comfotable witll the bloated ticket because there's the dalger of voters checking all 13 names and the vote would be invalidated.
it redects her of unprincipled accom-
Others also say
policy
modation. There ate many places in provinces where Hugpong has more than one candidate for the same position. Former Interior Secretaty Rafael Alunan and singer Freddie Aguilar
in the PDP-Laban ticket tlat Duterte endorses. They ate not iri are
Hugpong's slate.
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In the latest suwey of Pulse Asia (Feb.24 to 28,2019) De la Rosa is already in the Magc 1 2 and Go has jumped to number three, after reelectionists Grace Po and Cynthia Villar. He has surpassed fotmer movie actot Lito Lapid. "Duterte will make Bong Go number one. Mark my word," the analyst said. The analyst said it is impoitaot to Duterte that Bong Go vzill be
the senatorial
t
topnotcher in tlte
May 201,9 elections because he
will
see it as the power of his endorsement which he thinls he can extend up to 2022. President Botg Go in 2022? God save the Filipino people. ,l.rl.*
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