Alvarez says Duterte shouldn’t run for VP in Eleksyon 2022: ‘Champion ka na eh’

As his friend, former Speaker and Davao del Norte Representative Pantaleon Alvarez will not recommend to President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president in the coming 2022 national elections.

"Mahirap tantsahin dahil mahirap basahin si Presidente pero sa akin, bilang isang kaibigan, sana hindi na," Alvarez told ANC.

(It's difficult to read the President but for me, as his friend, I hope he does not run for vice president.)

For Alvarez, it would be best for Duterte to retire as a "champion."

"Champion ka na eh. Bakit ka pa susugal sa ilang eleksyon? Kapag eleksyon, hindi tayo makasiguro, 'yung pagkapanalo ba..." he said.

(He's already a champion. Why take another risk in the election? We cannot be certain with the results of the election.)

Duterte has said he is really considering running for vice president if his critics will continue to threaten him with criminal charges once his term ends next year.

He previously said he would only be a productive vice president if the elected president is an ally.

The ruling PDP-Laban has been pushing Duterte to seek the vice presidency so that he may continue what he had started for the country. The party also gave him the power to choose his running mate. — Anna Felicia Bajo/RSJ, GMA News