MANILA, Philippines — Pasig City Mayor-elect Vico Sotto Monday said he would stick with his local party and would not be joining the ruling PDP-Laban of President Rodrigo Duterte. I’d rather be in a small party,” Sotto told ANC’s “Headstart.” The young politician, who had just toppled a nearly three-decades-long reign of the Eusebios in Pasig City, is a member of Aksyon Demokratiko party which is focused on local government. Romulo said that the Duterte’s speech was “a big factor” for the triumph of their electoral bids. “There was a culture of fear so you needed someone to say [it],” Romulo said. We made our case, we listened to what they wanted, what they thought was needed,” the congressman-elect added.

Source: Philippine Star May 20, 2019 03:56 UTC