DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte should run for the Senate to give Mindanao a bigger voice in Congress, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel said on Thursday.

Pimentel, president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban), made the call amid growing opposition to a proposal to amend the Constitution to pave the way for a shift to federalism.

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