Senator Bong Go announced today, November 30, his withdrawal from the presidential race in the 2022 election.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT

Go was interviewed during the wreath laying ceremony at the Pinaglabanan Shrine in San Juan for the 158th birth anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio, in which the President was invited as guest.

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“Ayaw rin talaga ng aking pamilya kaya naisip ko na siguro ay hindi ko pa panahon sa ngayon. Diyos lang ang nakakaalam kung kailan ang tamang panahon. Ayaw ko ring maipit si Pangulong Duterte higit pa sa tatay ang pagmamahal ko sa kanya,” Go said in an ambush interview.

“In the past few days, I realized that my heart and my mind are contradicting my actions. Talagang nagre-resist ang aking katawan, puso, at isipan. Tao lang po ako na nasasaktan at napapagod din,” he added.

Go was running for the presidential seat with the support of no less than President Rodrigo Duterte under the ruling PDP-Laban party.