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'Wala akong preparasyon': Bato admits he did not prepare for presidential bid

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Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa files his certificate of candidacy for president at the Harbor Garden tent of the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City on October 08, 2021. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/11/20211008-election-filing-dela-rosa-bato-jc-6.jpg"/><figcaption>Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa files his certificate of candidacy for president at the Harbor Garden tent of the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City on October 08, 2021. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Presidential candidate Senator Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; dela Rosa admitted Tuesday he did not make any preparations to run in next year&#x27;s elections.Dela Rosa earlier said he was picked as the presidential bet of a faction of President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s political party just 2 hours before the filing of candidacies closed. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/11/21/bato-says-told-to-run-for-president-2-hours-before-coc-filing-deadline">Dela Rosa says picked as presidential bet 2 hours before COC filing deadline</a></li></ul>&quot;Bakit ang intensyon ba kinakailangan dapat long-term intention? Hindi tayo makakabuo ng immediate intention? Kinekuwestiyon nila ang aking bona fide intention to run as president dahil nga wala akong preparasyon. Yes, totoo &#x27;yan. Hindi ako nagpe-prepare pero &#x27;yung intensyon, malaking debate &#x27;yan,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart when asked if he could be considered a nuisance candidate.(Should my intention be only long-term intention? I can&#x27;t have an immediate intention? They&#x27;re questioning my bona fide intention to run as president because I was not prepared. That&#x27;s true. I didn&#x27;t prepare but my intention is a huge debate.)&quot;Who are you to judge my intention? The mere fact that I filed my certificate of candidacy is an overt manifestation of my clear intention to become the next president of this Republic.&quot;The senator said he was not told that he was going to become a &quot;placeholder&quot; but that he expected the party to adopt Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to substitute him.&quot;I&#x27;m a team player, di po ako sakim sa kapangyarihan. Kung napagdesisyunan ng partido na ipapalit si Inday Sara as a more viable, more winnable candidate, by all means I have to abide by party decisions,&quot; he said.(I&#x27;m a team player, I&#x27;m not power hungry. If the party decides to get Inday Sara replace me as a more viable, more winnable candidate, by all means I have to abide by party decisions.)&quot;But still you cannot question my bona fide intent to run because kung hindi talaga makatakbo si Inday Sara, buo ang loob ko na lumaban sa eleksyong ito.&quot;(But still you cannot question my bona fide intent to run because if Inday Sara does not run, I will fight in this elections.)The former Philippine National Police chief said he would continue Duterte&#x27;s legacy if he wins next year.&quot;I was nominated by my political party to put continuity on the Duterte legacy. You expect na yung ginagawa ni Duterte, mga programa niyang maganda ipagpapatuloy natin yan,&quot; he said.(You can expect I will continue his good programs.)&quot;We must admit there can never be Duterte 2.0. There’s only one Duterte. Iba siya, iba rin si Bato (he&#x27;s different, I&#x27;m different). So you expect na meron din tayong deviation (there will be deviation) from purely Duterte approach.&quot;Dela Rosa, meantime, defended Duterte from criticism that he does not want to disclose his wealth.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/30/21/palace-duterte-filed-saln-get-copy-from-ombudsman">After Robredo dares Duterte to show SALN, Palace says ask copy from Ombudsman</a></li></ul>&quot;By all means nandyan yan (it&#x27;s there), that’s a public document. Di natin masabing mali dahil sumusunod lang din si President Duterte sa (We cna&#x27;t say it&#x27;s wrong because President Duterte is only following the) Ombudsman policy,&quot; he said.The senator, who served as police chief of Davao City under Duterte, in the same interview said he would protect him from the International Criminal Court&#x27;s investigation into the administration&#x27;s drug war.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/19/21/bato-blasts-tulfo-who-is-he-to-say-drug-war-a-failure">Bato blasts Tulfo: Who is he to say drug war a failure?</a></li></ul><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=1802682" 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>

Presidential candidate Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa admitted Tuesday he did not make any preparations to run in next year's elections.

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'Wala akong preparasyon': Bato admits he did not prepare for presidential bid

Gillan Ropero,

ABS-CBN News

Published Oct 19, 2021 10:56 AM PHT

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Updated Oct 19, 2021 11:12 AM PHT

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