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FILE Sara Duterte-Carpio, mayor of the city of Davao. REQUEST PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines – Davao City mayor and presidential daughter Sara Duterte on Thursday rejected the coalition of unity formed by her father’s critic, retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio, saying it smells of authoritarianism.
Carpio’s pro-democracy coalition, dubbed 1Sambayan, aimed to present a list of candidates for the 2022 elections that would challenge the “anointed” of President Rodrigo Duterte. The candidates listed by the group had to pass a criterion involving good moral character and aversion to extrajudicial executions, while rejecting “those identified with authoritarianism.”
But according to the young Duterte, it was Carpio’s group that seemed to reject those who disagreed with them.
“They claim to be a coalition of democratic forces but reject so many who do not agree with them. They sound authoritarian to me, ”Duterte-Carpio told INQUIRER.net in a text message.
“If you want to be successful, your calling must be to unite. What this country needs is unity, not messages with the word reject ”. she added. “‘Othering’ is the word that comes to mind when they speak.”
(If you want to be successful, your message must be one of unity. What this country needs is unity, not messages with the word reject).
During its launch on Thursday, Carpio said that the eyes of 1Sambayan form a unique list of national candidates who would challenge the Duterte administration in the 2022 national elections.
“This government is really incompetent. They have been tested and everyone says kulelat sila. So we have to offer a better alternative for people because we don’t want the same thing to happen again in the next six years, ”said Carpio.
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