Duterte's aide-turned-senator drops from 2022 Philippine presidential race

2021-12-14 05:35:56 GMT2021-12-14 13:35:56(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

MANILA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's longtime aide-turned-senator Christopher Go on Tuesday said he formally withdrew from the country's 2022 presidential race.

Go, 47, went to the Commission on Elections in Manila to personally inform the poll body. "I am already out of the race," Go said, noting that he "already said it" on Nov. 30.

Go filed his certificate for candidacy for vice president in October and then upgraded to presidential bid later under the ruling PDP-Laban chaired by Duterte.

Duterte has yet to name the presidential candidate he will support. Enditem

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