Manila, Philippines - Despite his International Criminal Court DetentionFormer Philippine former president Rodrigo Duterte appears to have been elected as mayor of his hometown by a landslide, according to preliminary results on Tuesday. At least five candidates supported by his family are also one of those leading 12 Senate positions Monday's midterm elections. Pre-election investigations show that only two of them will win.

The result is to promote Duterte's daughter, vice president Sara Duterteahead of the impeachment trial in the Senate in July, including alleged abusing public funds and assassination President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Sara Duterte is considered a strong contender for the 2028 presidential campaign. But if convicted by the Senate, she will lose her job and be disqualified from office forever. To be acquitted, she needs at least nine of the 24 senators to vote for her.

The results of the official election will be known within a week. But the partial and informal count of the Election Oversight Parish Priests Committee shows that Duterte received more than 5 million votes in his stronghold, Davao City, nearly eight times the size of his closest competitor.

His youngest son, Davao's current mayor, also led the unofficial vote in Davao's deputy mayor's campaign. His eldest son, Paolo, is seeking reelection as a member of the House, and two grandchildren of the local race are also led, indicating the family's continued influence.

"Davao's Duterte Slide!" His youngest daughter Veronica posted on Facebook.

Duterte, nicknamed "The Punisher" and "Dirty Harry", served as mayor of Davao for twenty years before serving as president. He has been detained by the International Criminal Court since March, awaiting trial of crimes against humanity The brutal war on illegal drugs During his presidency from 2016 to 2022, thousands of suspects died. Arriving from Hong Kong at the airport in Manila, he was arrested and police detained him under an order from the International Criminal Court that has been investigating the mass killings that took place under his crackdown on illegal drugs.

The arrest and transfer of the Impotence and Rodrigo Duterte to the court in The Hague after the uncovered political differences and its competitive ambitions between Marcos and Sara Duterte. Duterte supporters slammed the Marcos administration for arresting and surrendering the former leader to his supporters for jurisdiction over disputes.

Under Philippine law, candidates facing criminal charges, including in custody, unless convicted and exhausted of all appeals.

Sara Duterte told reporters after a vote on Monday that she was negotiating with her father’s lawyers to talk about how he was sworn in as mayor, despite being in jail. She has said that the deputy mayor (which is generally expected to be Sebastian), may be the acting mayor.