DAVAO CITY—Vice Mayor Paolo ‘Pulong’ Duterte on Monday announced that he would retire from politics come the 2019 election, but gave assurance that the e ‘Carpio- Duterte’ tandem will still lead the city.
Paolo made the statement after his sister, Mayor Sara Duterte, announced that she will run as a representative of the 1st congressional district of Davao City.
“When Mayor Sara announced that she will file for a congressional seat in the 1st District, everybody’s asking me where I am going. It will still be a Carpio-Duterte tandem in the mayor and vice mayor, we are still talking to the other Duterte but definitely it will not be me,” he said.
He said that the husband of Mayor Duterte, Manases Carpio, is very qualified to lead the city with his background in the law profession, while talks are ongoing with the youngest of the Duterte siblings, Sebastian.
“If you will ask me where will I go, I will be going back to farming. I am planning to retire,” Vice Mayor Duterte added.
Vice Mayor Duterte said that he had enough of politics and wanted to focus more on his family and to his small farm at the back of his house.
He said that his children have been affected by the issues thrown against him by his political enemies like Senator Antonio Trillanes.
Earlier, Vice Mayor Duterte said that his daughter, Sabina cried in front of him and his wife, January after hearing the accusations of Trillanes.
Trillanes accused Vice Mayor Duterte of being a member of an international triad involved in dealing with illegal drugs which the latter has earlier denied.
