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Bong Go to run for president, Bato withdraws as substitution deadline nears

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Courtesy of Sen. Bong Go" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/11/13/20211113-duterte-go-via-bong-go.jpg"/><figcaption>President Duterte with Sen. Bong Go at the Comelec office in Manila on Saturday. <em>Courtesy of Sen. Bong Go</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—Sen. Christopher &quot;Bong&quot; Go on Saturday withdrew his candidacy for vice president and will run for president instead, an announcement in a flurry of others that rocked national election season.</p><p>Meanwhile, Sen. Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; Dela Rosa dropped out of the presidential race, hours after Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio through a representative made a substitution to run for vice president under Lakas-CMD. </p><p>But it was one official&#x27;s confirmation that President Rodrigo Duterte would run for vice president — after having announced his plan to retire from politics last month — that overshadowed the day&#x27;s storylines at the Comelec headquarters in Manila. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/13/21/walden-bello-unfazed-by-sara-dutertes-vp-bid">‘Like father, like daughter’: Walden Bello ‘unfazed&#x27; by Sara Duterte’s VP bid</a></li></ul><p>Sec. Martin Andanar of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said Duterte would file his certificate of candidacy (COC) via substitution on Monday, the last day to submit changes to candidacies.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/13/21/baste-duterte-takes-oath-as-hugpong-member">Davao mayoral bet Baste Duterte takes oath as Hugpong member</a></li></ul><p>He added, however, that: &quot;I would like to believe that that is the plan for now. We don&#x27;t know if this will be the same plan by tomorrow or by Monday.&quot;</p><p>Go filed his (COC) under Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan (PDDS).</p><p>In a statement, PDP-Laban said the party and the PDDS will be united in promoting their candidates, noting Go&#x27;s &quot;wealth of experience acquired from years of mentorship under President Duterte&quot;, PDP-Laban said.</p><p>The PDDS supported the senatorial run of Go in 2019.</p><p>Go is in his first term as senator, having run as a neophyte in 2019 after serving as Duterte&#x27;s aide. </p><p>For months, Sara had insisted she wanted to serve another term as Davao City mayor in the family&#x27;s southern bailiwick — the position her father held before he was elected president in 2016 — despite leading in surveys of voter preferences for the next president.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/13/21/marcos-camp-endorses-sara-duterte-as-vp">Marcos camp endorses Sara Duterte as VP in 2022 polls</a></li></ul><p>Speculation about her plans intensified this week after she suddenly withdrew from the mayoral contest. She also quit her regional party and joined Lakas-CMD, the national political party of her close ally and former president Gloria Arroyo.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/13/21/political-analyst-term-sharing-talk-confusing-voters">&#x27;Manalo muna sila&#x27;: Political analyst says term-sharing talks confusing voters</a></li></ul><p>Sara&#x27;s decision to run for vice president leaves Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr. in a strong position in the presidential race. </p><p>Marcos Jr. has been a front-runner in voter polls, ahead of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso, world champion boxer Sen. Manny Pacquiao, Sen. Panfilo &quot;Ping&quot; Lacson, and incumbent Vice-President Leni Robredo. </p><p>On social media, Dela Rosa, whose hasty participation in the presidential race last month led critics to believe he wasn&#x27;t in it for the long run, said it was an honor to get the people&#x27;s support for the “1 month and 5 days” he dreamt of becoming president. <strong>— With an Agence France-Presse report</strong></p><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=1829132" 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>

On social media, Dela Rosa said it was an honor to get the people's support for the “1 month and 5 days” he dreamt of becoming president.