Duterte a no-show on last day of candidacy filing
MANILA, Philippines — Minutes before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday closed the filing of candidacy certificates, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte insisted he is not interested in the presidency.
The iron-fisted local executive issued the statement despite the clamor of his supporters outside the Comelec main office in Intramuros, Manila for him to seek the top government post in the country.
Just less than an hour left for Rody Duterte's followers to find out if going bald was the right thing to do to convince the Davao mayor to run for higher office. #PiliPINAS2016Video: philstar.com / Efigenio Toledo IV
Posted by philstar.com on Friday, October 16, 2015
"A little over two years ago, I posted in the government website over the Internet that I was not interested in the Presidency. Nothing has changed," Duterte said in a statement.
Duterte added that he is tired and wants to retire.
"Give the presidency to the one who wants it. I don’t," Duterte said.
On social media, the topic #DuterteSerye climbed the top of Twitter trends in the Philippines as rumors that Duterte was somewhere in Manila circulated.
A standee of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is carried by a crowd of supporters in front of the Commission on Elections office in Manila, urging him to run for president in 2016. Philstar.com / Efigenio Toledo IV
While the reports were not verified, netizens waited for the mayor to withdraw the candidacy for reelection for the local post he filed Thursday. — Video by Efigenio Toledo IV
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