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Cusi: PDP-Laban to endorse Bong Go-Duterte tandem for Halalan 2022

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher Lawrence " bong="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/08/05/20210805-duterte-go-presidential-photo.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher Lawrence &quot;Bong&quot; Go during an oath-taking ceremony at the Malacañan Palace on June 27, 2019. <em>Karl Norman Alonzo, Presidential Photo/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Sen. Christopher &quot;Bong&quot; Go and President Rodrigo Duterte will likely be PDP-Laban&#x27;s standard-bearers in the upcoming 2022 elections, an official of the country&#x27;s ruling party said Thursday.</p><p>PDP-Laban president and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi told ABS-CBN News that in their national executive council meeting on Wednesday, party members agreed to endorse the Go-Duterte tandem for Halalan 2022.</p><p>PDP-Laban Secretary General Melvin Matibag earlier confirmed that in the same meeting, Go emerged among the frontrunners for the party&#x27;s presidential bets, while Duterte led the top picks for its vice-presidential candidate.</p><p>Matibag however said Thursday they have yet to finalize their PDP-Laban lineup for Halalan 2022.</p><p>&quot;There was an endorsement but it will still be discussed during the National Assembly on Sept. 8,&quot; he said.</p><p>The announcement came amid an ongoing rift between Senator Manny Pacquiao and two top officials of PDP-Laban, namely Duterte and Cusi.</p><p>Pacquiao, seen as a top presidential candidate, was supposedly ousted as acting president of PDP-Laban following the election of Cusi, the party&#x27;s vice chair, during the party&#x27;s national assembly in Pampanga last month.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/17/21/pdp-laban-new-president-alfonso-cusi">Cusi elected party president, as PDP-Laban split becomes final</a></li></ul><p>Before that, three officials, including Cusi and Matibag, were supposedly expelled by Pacquiao&#x27;s group from PDP-Laban for violating party rules. </p><p>Sen. Koko Pimentel, an ally of the boxer-senator, said Cusi and his allies were supporting an &quot;outsider&quot; of PDP-Laban for the presidency, which they denied.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/09/21/pdp-laban-expels-cusi-2-other-officials-amid-growing-rift-with-pacquiao">PDP-Laban expels Cusi, 2 other officials amid growing rift with Pacquiao</a></li></ul><p>The Pacquiao-Pimentel faction has denounced the Cusi-led assembly in Pampanga, saying it does not recognize the &quot;purported&quot; assembly at Royce Hotel and Casino, which staged the election of new party officials.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/18/21/pdp-laban-split-pacquiao-pimentel">Pacquiao-Pimentel PDP faction calls Clark assembly ‘illegal’</a></li></ul><div><strong>—With a report from Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1729460" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Sen. Bong Go and President Rodrigo Duterte will likely be PDP-Laban's standard-bearers in the upcoming 2022 elections.