Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio assured Dabawenyos she is not neglecting her duties as mayor amid concerns that she has been going around the country to confer with other local government leaders.
“I assure all Dabawenyos that my strength as a mayor is to take on several roles and ensure that work is carried out,” she said.
“I don’t stop being mayor wherever I am. I give instructions and make decisions at all times of the day, whenever needed,” she added.
She also assured the public that Davao city’s vaccination program is “doing very well” as the local government targets to achieve herd immunity in November 2021.
The mayor expressed hope that more vaccines will arrive so that the city can ramp up its inoculation program.
According to the Davao City Vaccination Cluster, as of June 30, a total of 257,253 doses were already administered, including 45,828 for second dose.
A survey released last week by polling firm Pulse Asia Duterte-Carpio holding a formidable lead if the presidential elections were held last June.
The survey, conducted from June 7 to 16, showed the presidential daughter had a substantial lead among the 2,400 respondents interviewed, 28 percent of whom said they would vote for Duterte-Carpio.
In the presidential race, she was followed by Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso with 14 percent, former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. with 13 percent, and Senator Grace Poe with 10 percent.