SARA Duterte-Carpio on Tuesday withdrew her certificate of candidacy for her third and last term as Davao City mayor.

“Ngayong hapon wini-withdraw ko ang aking kandidatura sa pagka-mayor ng Davao City. Si VM Baste ang papalit sa akin,” Sara said in a Facebook post.

“Si Atty. Melchor Quitain ang nominado namin sa pagka-bise alkalde. Ito lamang po muna. Maraming salamat po,” she added.

The mayor did not state her reasons for her withdrawal.

Baste similarly withdrew his candidacy on Tuesday, saying he did so on the advice of Sara.

Several groups and her supporters have pushed Sara to run for president but she had said that she wanted to finish her term as mayor.

According to a September Pulse Asia survey, Sara was the top choice for president for the 2022 polls.

The deadline for the substitution of candidates is on November 15, 2021.