Duterte had said that if his daughter would run for president, neither he nor Go would run in next year’s polls. Go said Duterte withdrew his acceptance of his nomination as the vice presidential candidate of the PDP-Laban faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi. A recent Social Weather Stations survey showed that the majority of Filipinos believed Duterte’s vice presidential bid was against the Constitution. Malacañang has been defending Duterte’s candidacy for vice president, saying that the Constitution did not specifically prohibit an incumbent president to run for that position. “I don’t want to be remembered as just another senator or vice president.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 02, 2021 21:22 UTC