Sara Duterte, daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte,
Sara Duterte won a landslide electoral victory in May, despite questions surrounding her father's human rights record that saw thousands of drug suspects gunned down during his presidency.
Sara Duterte, daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, was sworn in as the country's 15th vice president on Sunday.
"The voice of 32.2 million Filipinos was loud and clear – with the message to serve our motherland,” she said, referring to the votes she received.
Rodrigo Duterte's human rights record in question
Duterte, 44, won a landslide victory in the May elections despite her father, President Rodrigo Duterte's human rights record that saw thousands of drug suspects gunned down.
Rodrigo Duterte's presidency has been marked by a brutal anti-drugs campaign that led to thousands of suspects shot dead by police or vigilantes. The drug killings are being investigated by the International Criminal Court as a possible crime against humanity.
Questions surrounding her father's track record do not appear to have swayed the new vice president.
"I'm not the best or the most intelligent person in the Philippines and the world but nobody can beat the toughness of my heart as a Filipino,” said Duterte in a speech after she took her oath before a Supreme Court associate justice.
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