CEBU CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte’s longtime and most trusted aide, Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, continued to publicly shun calls for him to run for senator, saying here that he was not ready. Proper planningADVERTISEMENTAlthough Go’s awareness was 60 percent, only 5.9 percent of those surveyed said they would vote for him if he ran for senator next year. “I’m not ready to run for senator,” Go said. Echoing the common reply of politicians, Go said it was too early to talk about the senatorial race “but I won’t be running.”“I’m not ready for it,” he repeated. “If I have such an ambition, it should be planned properly,” he said in a press conference with other Cabinet officials at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino on Tuesday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 01, 2018 22:30 UTC