Factbox-Politicians tipped

for Philippines 2022

presidential race
FILE PHOTO: Sara Duterte, Davao City Mayor and daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte,
delivers a speech during a senatorial campaign caravan for Hugpong Ng Pagbabago in Davao City
Neil Jerome Morales
Mon, 20 September 2021, 11:14 pm

By Neil Jerome Morales

(Reuters) - The Philippines will hold an election in May 2022 to choose a
successor to President Rodrigo Duterte, who is ending his single, six-year
term.
Below are politicians who have declared their candidacy and others tipped
as potential presidential bets.
SARA DUTERTE-CARPIO
Duterte-Carpio, 43, has led all opinion polls for the top job. The president's
daughter has declared a re-election bid
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/duterte-daughter-seek-re-
election-mayor-despite-calls-presidency-run-2021-09-16 as mayor of
Davao City next year, despite growing calls for her seek the highest office.
But political analysts say she might still make a last-minute bid for the
presidency, as her father did in 2015.
With his daughter in charge, Duterte, 76, could be shielded from indictment
by a domestic court or the International Criminal Court, which has approved
a formal probe https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-will-
not-cooperate-with-icc-probe-war-drugs-spokesperson-2021-09-16 into
thousands of killings during his "war on drugs".
Like her father, Duterte-Carpio is liked for her no-nonsense style and has
no qualms about publicly disagreeing with him, or picking fights with his
allies.
FRANCISCO DOMAGOSO
The mayor of Manila, Domagoso grew up in slums, scrapped for leftover
food in restaurants and collected junk to help his parents.
Better known by his celebrity screen name, Isko Moreno, he was spotted
by a talent scout while attending a funeral. He was launched into showbiz
as a matinee idol, before shifting to adult roles in films in the 1990s.
His public service career started as a city council member in 1998. He was
Manila's vice-mayor for three terms, until an unsuccessful run for senator in
2016. Domagoso was elected Manila mayor in 2019, beating incumbent
and deposed former President Joseph Estrada.
CHRISTOPHER GO
"Bong Go", as he is best known, is Duterte's long-term aide, widely seen as
the gatekeeper to the president.
He was assistant to Duterte when Duterte was a congressman and is
almost always by his side at public events and at the presidential palace,
even after being elected to the senate two years ago.
Go chair the committees on health and sports and has declined the ruling
party's presidential nomination, despite Duterte urging him to run, and
frequently posts "selfies" with Duterte on social media.
Duterte's critics had suggested Go might run as his proxy, with Duterte
having already agreed to run as vice president.
PANFILO LACSON
The first to declare his candidacy, Lacson, 73, is a senator and former
police chief specialising in solving high-profile crimes. It will be his second
attempt after an unsuccessful presidential bid in 2004.
In 2010, Lacson ran from the authorities, days before he was formally
charged with being the mastermind in the murders of a publicist and his
driver in 2000. He was a fugitive for more than a year and was eventually
cleared by the Supreme Court. He was the principal sponsor of a
controversial anti-terrorism law.
FERDINAND MARCOS
The son and namesake of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos is a
former governor, congressman and senator.