No politics? Duterte uses weekly Talk to the People to promote 2022 bets
Aug 3, 2021 1:16 PM PHT
His allies say he s too busy running the country to be thinking about 2022 elections now. But 2022 politics is very much on President Rodrigo Duterte s mind, even during his weekly public addresses that are supposed to be about the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
In his two most recent Talk to the People speeches, Duterte openly spoke of his wish for two Cabinet members – Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Public Works Secretary Mark Villar – to run in the 2022 senatorial elections.
The two officials were even the first two resource persons to speak during two separate Talk to the People airings and were given ample time to highlight their achievements as Cabinet members – never mind that their portfolio had little to do with the health crisis most Filipinos wanted to hear about. ....