MANILA, Philippines — Nearly three years into his presidency, President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he regretted his decision to run for the highest position in the country and warned his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, from joining the presidential race. Speaking in his native Visayan dialect before newly-elected local government officials in Cagayan De Oro City, Duterte said he had lost interest in his job, adding that he told Sara not to run for president because she would be “disrespected” by critics. I regretted my decision to run for president,” Duterte said. “That is why when people speculated Inday to run for president, I told her, ‘Don’t do it, ‘Day. They are the rogue soldiers,” he continued, referring to his vocal critic Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.

Source: Philippine Star June 13, 2019 03:56 UTC