‘Widow candidate’ tradition in Philippines’ deadly polls

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Cecil MORELLA | AFP
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Sat, 2019-05-11 03:40

MANILA: Gertrudes Batocabe never wanted to enter the Philippines’ cutthroat politics, but after her husband was shot dead, allegedly by a rival in next week’s midterm election, she felt bound to take his place.
“It’s not really automatic that the wife takes over, but in this case I cannot see my opponents sitting down (quitting)” she told AFP, holding back tears.
“I have a lot of things to do for Rodel, for the people of Daraga,” she said, referring to her husband and the central city where she is running for mayor.

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