MANILA -- "Run, Sara, Run" has become a popular campaign slogan to persuade President Rodrigo Duterte's daughter to succeed him in next year's election, but she is pleading with her many supporters not to use it. At least for now.

As Rodrigo Duterte's presidential term enters its final year, many Filipinos see his daughter Sara as his logical successor. © Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images
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