{"id":67173,"date":"2024-10-10T07:44:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T22:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/10\/stage-set-for-battle-of-the-dynasties-as-rodrigo-duterte-eyes-return-to-politics-in-the-philippines"},"modified":"2024-10-10T07:44:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T22:44:52","slug":"stage-set-for-battle-of-the-dynasties-as-rodrigo-duterte-eyes-return-to-politics-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=67173","title":{"rendered":"Stage set for battle of the dynasties as Rodrigo Duterte eyes return to politics in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former president to run for mayor of Davao amid fight for power against formidable Marcos family<\/p>\n<p>Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, 79, returned to politics this week when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/07\/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-to-run-as-mayor-despite-inquiry-into-his-drugs-crackdown\">registered to run as mayor<\/a> in his family\u2019s stronghold, Davao city. It leaves little doubt: two of the country\u2019s most powerful political families, the Dutertes and the Marcoses, are set for an epic struggle for power.<\/p>\n<p>For the Dutertes, it could prove a battle for their survival. Rodrigo Duterte is facing an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/15\/icc-authorises-full-inquiry-rodrigo-duterte-war-on-drugs-philippines\"> investigation by the international criminal court<\/a> for crimes against humanity over his brutal war on drugs, and the family needs political clout and powerful friends.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/10\/stage-set-for-battle-of-the-dynasties-as-rodrigo-duterte-eyes-return-to-politics-in-the-philippines\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former president to run for mayor of Davao amid fight for power against formidable Marcos familyFormer Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, 79, returned to politics this week when he registered to run as mayor in his family\u2019s stronghold, Davao city. I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,55,204,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-philippines","category-rodrigo-duterte","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67174,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173\/revisions\/67174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}