In Photo: Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte takes oath as Davao City Mayor
* “Rigo” ascends as Vice Mayor
Davao City – Acting Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte officially assumed as Mayor of this city. He took his oath and sworn in as the top executive of the city Friday by virtue of the law of succession.
Consequently Acting Vice Mayor Rodrigo “Rigo” Dtuterte II was sworn in officially as Vice Mayor of Davao. Rigo obtained the highest percentage of votes over his fellow candidates for councilor in the last midterm polls.
RTC XI Deputy Executive Judge Honorable Marie Estrellita Tolentino-Rojas administered their oaths of office.
It can be recalled that former President Rodrigo R. Duterte and his son “Baste” ran for Mayor and Vice Mayor respectively in the May 12, 2025 midterm elections. FPRRD , even as he was in custody of the International Criminal Court, won overwhelmingly against his former Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles in the mayoral race while Baste trashed his opponent Bernie Al-ag for vice mayor.
Duterte is still detained in by the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands where he is facing charges of crimes against humanity in connection with alleged crime against humanity related to his ‘war on drugs’ campaign during his six year term as President. Ten months had elapsed, he has yet to be tried. Recently the ICC resorted to crowd-sourcing for witnesses and additional information indicating that it lacked evidence to convict Duterte.
FPRRD’s inability to act as Mayor had resulted to VM Baste to assume the post.
