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President Rodrigo Duterte to run for Senator instead

November 15, 2021

In another twist in the Philippine Politics, President Rodrigo Duterte has filed his candidacy for Senator, instead of Vice President, which was previously reported here.

With this new development, Sen. Bong Go who is running for President will be without a running mate. Both President Duterte and Sen. Go will be running under the Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan (PDDS) party.

President Duterte will substitute Mona Liza Visorde, who withdrew her candidacy at the Monday, November 15, 2021.

You can read the full report from ABS-CBN News.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte retires from Politics

October 3, 2021

In a surprising twist, President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he will be retiring from politics. His announcement was made while accompanying longtime aide Senator Bong Go in filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) for vice president.

His retirement means that he will no longer continue with his plans to run of the Vice President, as previously announced.

This is not the first time that Duterte announce his retirement from politics, if you can recall, in 2015, then Davao City Mayor Duterte said that he “will retire from public life for good. I believe it’s no longer my time to be in politics.”

Sen. Bong Go and President Duterte was nominated by Cusi-led faction of PDP-Laban, for President and Vice President, respectively but now that Bong Go filed for the position of Vice President and Pres. Duterte looming retirement, it’s unclear whole will the standard bearer of PDP-Laban to run for President, since Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte already filed her candidacy for a reelection for Mayor of Davao City.

Of course, we cannot discount the fact that Rodrigo Duterte can still change his mind and later run for the the VP position, since as reported by One New, this was an old strategy that Duterte already used. I guess we’ll know by Nov. 15th.

President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president in the 2022 elections

August 25, 2021

In his weekly recorded public address, President Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed that he will run for the second highest office in the country after serving as the top official in the country this coming 2022 election.

It was previously reported that Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is only running for the position to gain immunity for the law suit that he will face once he step down from the office.

It’s unclear who will be Duterte’s running-mate but PDP-Laban ‘endorses’ Bong Go-Rodrigo Duterte tandem for 2022, or a potential Father-daughter tandem for the two highest position in the country this election.