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Senator Christopher "Bong" Go reiterated his firm decision to decline the endorsement of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Laban ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) National Executive Committee to be the party's presidential candidate in the 2022 elections.
Go emphasized that he would rather focus on his mandate as an elected senator, help the country overcome the pandemic, and respond to the needs of Filipinos - away from the limelight - as he has done ever since.
I am grateful for the trust and support of my partymates in PDP-Laban, especially the members of the National Executive Committee who passed a resolution endorsing for my candidacy for the Presidency in the upcoming 2022 elections, he said. Go.
For a simple provincial from Mindanao, this endorsement is a great honor for me, he added.
In a letter addressed to party president and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi dated August 30, Go stated that he is "deeply honored by the trust and confidence" to be endorsed as presidential candidate and run with President Rodrigo Duterte as Vice Presidential candidate. He, however, emphasized that he respectfully declines the endorsement.
In a response letter addressed to Go later that day, Cusi said that the NEC...