Mayor Sara, Bongbong and Imee Marcos meet in Cebu
Sara Duterte-Carpio and presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos. Courtesy: Sara Duterte-Carpio’s Facebook page.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Saturday met with presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his sister Sen. Imee Marcos in Cebu City.
Mayor Sara shared on her Facebook page her separate meetings with the two Marcoses, children amid continuing speculation whether or not she had plans to run for a national post.
“Confirmed po na nagkita kami ngayon lang ni Presidential aspirant at former Senator BBM sa masayang pagdiriwang ng birthday ni Cong. Yedda, maybahay ni House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez sa Cebu,” said Duterte-Carpio in her post past 1 p.m.
She did not share details on what was discussed at their meeting.
Duterte-Carpio also posted a photo of her with Sen. Imee Marcos in Cebu City.
“Manang Imee kumusta ka na? Maraming salamat sa pagbisita at suporta palagi,” Duterte-Carpio said on her official Facebook page.
Duterte-Carpio, daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte, had arrived in Cebu on Friday, wearing a green hoodie with a print that said “Sara All 2022.”
Though she earlier filed her certificate of candidate for reelection as Davao City mayor, there has been speculation she might run for president via substitution, as her father did in 2016.
Her father’s party PDP-Laban had fielded Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa as its standard bearer in an eleventh-hour filing on October 8.
The Duterte family is known to be close to the Marcoses. The president’s father Vicente served in the Marcos cabinet. And in 2016, he approved the late strongman’s burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani despite widespread protests.