President Rodrigo Duterte considered resigning from the presidency numerous times, and the conditional statements that followed were varied. He would resign, yes, if his son, Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, vied for House speakership. “Do not do it, please, during my term,” begged Duterte during the anniversary of the Philippine Air Force on July 2. “If there are enough women to… Well, I think if all women here would sign a petition for me to resign, I will resign,” Duterte told reporters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 5, 2018. “If there’s one congresswoman or congressman or a single justice who will say I talked to them, I can guarantee you, I will resign,” Duterte said in a press conference in Malacañang on May 15, 2018.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 21, 2019 23:48 UTC