DAVAO CITY – Things were smooth for the Duterte family’s election day, with President Rodrigo Duterte and Mayor Sara Duterte enjoying VIP treatment at their precincts at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School . Representative Paolo Duterte and brother Sebastian , the vice mayor who is now running for the top post, were likewise able to vote without problems.
Reelectionist Paolo started lining up at his precinct in Catalunan Grande around 9:30 a.m. and was able to vote by noon. Sebastian was able to vote around 11:45 a.m. A handful of voters trooped to the Commission on Elections office to ask why they were deactivated from the list of voters. One of the voters made it, though. A male voter from Poblacion walked out and showed a similar slip of paper that had a corrected precinct number.
Cyril Hioca, 37, a resident of Barangay 2A, had harsh words for the elections. After being told he was inactive, Hioca lost his temper and asked how it was possible, since he had never left city in the past five years.