Rody to Sara: "Nag-meyor-meyor lang ko 'day"
Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte continues to suffer from the hangover of having been city mayor for 20 years to explain why at times he acts and talks as if he is still the mayor.
In the Gikan sa Masa Para sa Masa television program hosted by lawyer Geraldine Tiu on ABS/CBN on Sunday, Duterte asked pardon from daughter Mayor Sara Duterte for his sometimes absent-minded intrusion into her domain.
I forget sometimes that I am no longer the city mayor, he said.
I am sorry, but naga-meyor-meyor lang ko, said Duterte who at times, when pressed for comments on issues involving the executive, would say that official decisions must emanate from the city mayor.
Most often however, he would issue "mayoral" statements like ordering police to crack down on crime, warning criminals about their fate if they persists or clash head-on with poliicies issued by the mayor.
Duterte admits that The ' pa-meyor-meyor' (mayoral stunt) is a hangover from his having been city mayor for 18 years.
But Duterte may be staging a comeback in 2013 to regain the mayoral seat, after he said that if he would run again it would not be for the congressional post.
Duterte was the First District congressman from 1998 to 2001. He returned as mayor in 2001 after a one-term break.
He said work in Congress is "boring and lousy."
He said he is suited to the job of the mayor because he can come face-to-face with the problems of the people, especially on peace and order.
Talks inside the Duterte-led Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod is that the elder Duterte would be running for mayor, Mayor Sara Duterte for the First District Congress seat against former House Speaker Prospero Nograles and councilor Paolo Duterte against incumbent congressman karlo Nograles in the vice mayoral contest.
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