DEPUTY Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy announced research is being undertaken in line with the electoral bid of Davao Mayor Sara Duterte.
Herrera-Dy said a group she calls Hugpong para kay Sara (HPS) is gathering relevant data on issues that include: an economic recovery plan; poverty; China-US relations; West China Sea; human rights; unemployment; drug war; extra-judicial killings; and, the state of the nation’s education system.
Herrera said they are preparing an economic roadmap for the next six years that the mayor can study and use as basis for her decision whether to run or not in the 2022 elections.
According to Herrera, the group was formed to convince Duterte to run for President. It will be officially launched on September 12.
Herrera claims the group has established chapters in areas in the National Capital Region and Bicol.
She said other chapters are also being formed in Nueva Ecija, General Trias in Cavite, Lipa City in Batangas, as well as in seven municipalities of Sarangani province.
Overseas Filipino workers in the Middle east such as Kuwait and Dubai, as well as in Florence, Italy and Canada, have signified their support and clamor for the Davao City mayor to run, the solon said.
Duterte has yet to announce her decision whether to run or not for the presidency.