FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers his 6th State of the Nation Address (SONA), at the House of Representative in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
August 24, 2021
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to be the ruling political party’s candidate for vice president in next year’s elections, a senior official of the PDP-Laban party said in a statement.
In accepting the endorsement, Duterte is making “the sacrifice” and heeding “the clamour of the people,” said Karlo Nograles, executive vice president of the ruling PDP-Laban party.
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema; Editing by Ed Davies)
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