Duterte-Backed Candidate Makes Sudden Exit From Philippines Presidential Race

Duterte-Backed Candidate Makes Sudden Exit From Philippines Presidential Race
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte with Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go at the Commission on Elections, in Manila, Philippines, on Nov. 13, 2021. Lisa Marie David/Reuters
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s preferred successor, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, has announced his withdrawal from the May 2022 presidential race, saying that it was “not yet my time.”

Go, a close aide of Duterte, cited his family’s resistance to his presidential run and admitted he was unprepared to seek the country’s highest elected post.

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