Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio told former senator Bongbong Marcos to his face Tuesday night, March 1 that she "missed" him.

The vice presidential candidate and Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) chairperson did so while in front of hundreds of local chief executives during the League of Municipalities of the Philippines 2022 general assembly at the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Pasay City.
Duterte-Carpio delivered a speech at the event wherein she batted for the income reclassification of local government units (LGUs) as well as talked about her experience as Davao City mayor.
She was transitioning to another topic when she saw Palace bet Marcos sitting cross-legged in the crowd just a few meters away from her.
"My running mate is here. I hope sir you missed me as much as I missed you," Duterte-Carpio said of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer. Her line caused some in the audience to cheer as if they were in the presence of a showbiz "love team".
What the lady mayor actually wanted to do was turn the people's attention to the "UniTeam" ticket, which she and Marcos lead. It's the campaign season after all, thus she did a roll call of UniTeam's senatorial line-up.
After that, the presidential daughter expresed her appreciation to the League of Municipalities of the Philippines for allowing her and Marcos to "advertise" their ticket.
"Nagpapasalamat po ako sa (I thank the) League of Municipalities of the Philippines for allowing and advertising the standing of Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte dito po sa harap ng ating stage (here in front of our stage)," she said.
Duterte-Carpio and Marcos are both married. They last appeared on stage together during an Iloilo rally on Feb. 24.
Lakas-CMD President and House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez said last Monday that the BBM-Sara tandem would campaign together more often in the coming days.