Vice President Sara Duterte, who just expressed dissatisfaction with the current administration, said that she felt "used" by the Marcos camp so that President Marcos could win the 2022 presidential elections.
Duterte said she really had no plans of running for the position. But it was Senator Imee Marcos, sister of the President, who convinced her to run alongside Marcos to be able to secure the votes of the Visayan people.
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Duterte said she really had no plans of running for the position. But it was Senator Imee Marcos, sister of the President, who convinced her to run alongside Marcos to be able to secure the votes of the Visayan people.
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00:00On the 20th of October, I filed.
00:04When it came to late October, after the deadline of filing, Senator Aimee Marcos called me.
00:13She asked me,
00:15Can you run for Vice President?
00:19I told her,
00:21You know, I've never heard anyone say that I ran for Vice President.
00:30I told her,
00:32Why are you requesting that I run for Vice President?
00:41And,
00:47I'm happy that she was honest enough to say,
00:50Because Lenny and I will lose if you don't run for Vice President.
00:58It was very straightforward.
01:02It was all about winning, she told me.
01:07So I told her,
01:10You know, this is a historical event.
01:14Call Bato De La Rosa.
01:21Ask him to slide down to VP.
01:25So he can run for President.
01:28And then her answer was,
01:31And then I told her,
01:33Ask PRD to run as your Vice President.
01:40And then she said,
01:41Well, that's a closed book already because BG is running.
01:46So ask BG to run as your Vice President.
01:55And then she said,
01:56I don't think we can beat Lenny.
02:06And then I said,
02:08Ask Manny Pacquiao to slide down. He's already running for President.
02:13And she said,
02:14We already did.
02:16And Manny Pacquiao told us that God asked me to run for President.
02:23So how can you argue with God?
02:28That's true.
02:29I don't think she will deny that.
02:32Senator Almi Marcos is very straightforward.
02:36He's hot now.
02:43So I said,
02:47It's never been talked about.
02:51I need to talk to my family.
02:55And I need to see if I will win for Vice President.
03:01Because I've never seen my numbers as Vice President.
03:04And then she said,
03:05Okay, let's talk about it.
03:09And then early November,
03:13I went to Cebu for an event.
03:19And they were also there.
03:22I don't know why they were there.
03:25When I say they,
03:26I mean BBM and Senator Almi.
03:32And they requested to talk as well.
03:43So I said,
03:44Okay, let's talk.
03:48We met at Martin Romualdez's house.
03:53Because Martin Romualdez wanted to make a scene.
03:56He was throwing a party for my birthday.
04:01And then when I sat there,
04:03I think you see the pictures.
04:06I sat on the couch next to BBM.
04:09I told him,
04:10Don't believe them.
04:12Don't believe the people who tell you that I will run for President.
04:17I told him that.
04:19He said,
04:20Yes, yes, I know.
04:21You also told me that when we went there during my birthday.
04:35VP, since you have no intention to run for Vice President from the very beginning,
04:40can we say that you were forced to run?
04:43And without the call of Senator Almi,
04:45can you say that you were just used to win President Bongbong Marcos as President?
04:52Forced? No.
04:56My decision-making on running as Vice President was very rational.
05:04I said that earlier.
05:05I also did that.
05:07I listed the positive,
05:08I listed the negative.
05:09The positive was there.
05:11I listed the positive,
05:12I told my family.
05:14Tell me the negatives.
05:16So,
05:20What was the other question?
05:22Was I used?
05:23Yes.
05:26That was clear.
05:27I asked,
05:28Why me?
05:30And then she said,
05:32Lenny and I will lose if you don't bring the bishops.
05:38That's why I gave options.
05:40Bisaya,
05:42Dolorosa,
05:43Bongo,
05:44Manipakyaw.
05:47And then she said,
05:49I can't do it.
05:51Except for Manipakyaw.
05:54He didn't say that he can't do it.
05:57He just said that he refused Senator Manipakyaw.
06:05So, of course,
06:07they used me to win them.
06:09That's obvious.
06:10Do you want to see the survey?