Duterte's dynastic ambitions laid bare in election

Philippines president grooms daughter, raising concern over concentration of power in one family

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Sara Duterte has been at her father's side on foreign trips, acting as de facto First Lady.

The vote is still more than six weeks away but already the upcoming midterm elections are gripping the Philippines' public imagination.

While Filipinos will primarily be choosing legislators and local officials the vote is becoming a referendum on President Rodrigo Duterte's first two years in office.

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