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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1391800" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - The Philippine National Police said Tuesday it did not violate any law in inviting senatorial candidate Christopher Go to an event at its headquarters a day before the start of the campaign period for May&#x27;s midterm polls. </p><p>Go, an erstwhile longtime aide of President Rodrigo Duterte, reportedly gave a speech, met with hundreds of college students and had a press conference inside Camp Crame in Quezon City on Monday. </p><p>Election fraud watchdog Kontra Daya said it found the timing of the event &quot;suspicious.&quot; </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/12/19/watchdog-to-poll-bets-dont-use-govt-resources">Watchdog to poll bets: Don&#x27;t use gov&#x27;t resources</a></li></ul><p>Go attended the event as an honorary member of the Association of the Chiefs of Police of the Philippines Inc. and not as a political candidate, said PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde. </p><p>Duterte&#x27;s former aide did not urge event attendees to vote for him, the official told reporters. </p><p>&quot;I think we have not violated any provision or instruction of the President,&quot; said Albayalde. </p><p>Duterte recently prohibited his Cabinet members from campaigning for any candidate. </p><p>&quot;Wala kaming ini-endorse dito whatsoever,&quot; said the PNP chief. <br/> <br/>(We are not endorsing anyone here whatsoever.) </p><p>Go last year came under fire when President Rodrigo Duterte and several Cabinet secretaries accompanied him in filing his certificate of candidacy for senator, which violated the poll body&#x27;s 4-companion rule. </p><p>Another Duterte ally, former PNP chief Ronald Dela Rosa, is also running for senator. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/12/19/inner-circle-hopes-to-harness-duterte-magic-in-senate-bids">Inner circle hopes to harness Duterte ‘magic’ in Senate bids </a></li></ul>

<p>The Philippine National Police said Tuesday it did not violate any law in inviting senatorial candidate Christopher Go to an event at its headquarters a day before the start of the campaign period for May's midterm polls. <br /> </p>

The Philippine National Police said Tuesday it did not violate any law in inviting senatorial candidate Christopher Go to an event at its headquarters a day before the start of the campaign period for May's midterm polls.