MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go filed on Saturday his certificate of candidacy for vice president in the 2022 elections as President Rodrigo Duterte had decided to withdraw his acceptance of his nomination to run under the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi. Before serving as a senator in 2019, Go was a special assistant to Duterte with jurisdiction over the Presidential Management Staff (PMS). Earlier, Go was nominated by Cusi’s PDP-Laban wing as its presidential nominee, alongside Duterte, who accepted his nomination for vice president. “Given that President Rodrigo Duterte decided to withdraw his acceptance of [his] nomination, I am here to take on the challenge as PDP-Laban’s vice presidential candidate,” Go said after filing his COC. “I don’t want to be remembered as just another senator or vice president,” Go said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 02, 2021 07:27 UTC