Published July 20, 2021, 1:19 PM DAVAO CITY – City Mayor Sara Duterte has responded to the question of why she is going around the country. “It is true that there is a pandemic but it will not suspend the filing of COCs (certificates of candidacy) in October or postpone the elections on May 2022. A decision has to be made regarding my political career with or without the pandemic,” the presidential daughter said in a statement on Monday, July 19. Duterte has recently expressed that she is open to run for president in 2022. “I have to be resilient. I have divided my entire week between my work as Mayor, my politics, and my family,” she said.