PINALAGAN ni Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio ang mga bumabatikos sa ginagawa niyang pag-iikot ng bansa para komunsulta sa kanyang pagtakbo sa 2022 elections sa gitna ng pagsipa ng Covid-19 cases sa kanyang nasasakupan.
Nitong mga nakaraang araw ay nakipagpulong si Duterte-Carpio kina dating Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa Pasay City, Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia sa Cebu, at Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco.
“It is true that there is a pandemic but it will not suspend the filing of COCs (certificates of candidacy) in October or postpone the elections on May 2022. A decision has to be made regarding my political career with or without the pandemic,” paliwanag niya.
“This pandemic will last two-three years and Covid-19 will be become endemic. I have to be resilient. I have divided my entire week between my work as Mayor, my politics, and my family,” dagdag niya.
Inirason din niya na lahat ng biyahe niya ay “covered by duly filed leave of absences.”
“It is only my person who leaves the city three days a week, and in my stead, you are with our Vice Mayor and the entire strength of all the departments of the City Hall to make sure that operations and services are uninterrupted,” aniya.
