Duterte-Carpio, Philippine leader’s daughter, set to win vice presidency

MANILA, May 9 (Reuters) – The daughter of outgoing Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte secured enough votes to win the country’s vice presidential election, an unofficial tally of the poll body showed on Monday.

Duterte-Carpio is also the running mate of Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who was leading in the presidential election count by a huge margin.

(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Martin Petty)

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