Sara Duterte-Carpio on Tuesday thanked her supporters after a commanding lead in the vice presidential race based on unofficial results.
The political heir of President Rodrigo Duterte is the presumptive vice president with some 31 million votes as of Tuesday noon based on data from the Comelec Transparency Server.
Trailing behind Duterte-Carpio is Sen. Kiko Pangilinan with 9 million votes.
"Maraming salamat po sa inyong suporta, tiwala at pagmamahal. Mahalin natin ang Pilipinas!" Duterte-Carpio said in a Facebook post.
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An online thanksgiving Mass will be live-streamed on her Facebook page on Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 n.n., she said.
Duterte-Carpio mounted a campaign preaching "unity" along with incoming president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the only son and namesake of the late dictator.
Dubbed "UniTeam", the Marcos-Duterte tandem is the winner of the 2022 polls based on unofficial and partial election results.
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