Calling it “the saddest decision” of his life, former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said he was pulling out of the May 2019 senatorial race due to medical reasons. Roque made the announcement on Friday morning through his social media accounts, and in an interview with reporters in the afternoon. Roque was running under the People’s Reform Party of the late Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago. I told my wife that this must be one of the saddest decisions, if not the saddest decision. No substitutionRoque’s voluntary withdrawal from the Senate race means he could no longer be substituted by anyone from the party since the period of substitution ended in Nov. 29.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 01, 2019 23:03 UTC