{"id":153182,"date":"2018-02-16T21:53:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T02:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=153182"},"modified":"2018-02-16T21:53:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T02:53:09","slug":"bong-go-clarifies-anew-he-wont-run-for-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/16\/bong-go-clarifies-anew-he-wont-run-for-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Bong Go clarifies anew he won&#8217;t run for senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_146900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146900\" style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bong-GO.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146900\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bong-GO.png\" alt=\"\u201cI have not intervened in the procurement of DND of its computer system for its ships,\u201d Go said in a press statement. (Photo: Christopher Bong GO\/Facebook)\" width=\"695\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bong-GO.png 695w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bong-GO-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Special Assistant to the President Christopher Go (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=700284950178539&amp;amp;set=ecnf.100005911204879&amp;amp;type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=700284950178539&amp;amp;set=ecnf.100005911204879&amp;amp;type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Christopher Bong GO\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go on Friday reiterated that he is not interested in running for a Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Inuulit ko po, hindi po ako interesado tumakbo sa Senado sa 2019, magsisilbi po ako kay Mayor Duterte hanggang kamatayan, kung hindi man ako mauna<\/em>\u00a0(I say it again that I am not interested to seek a Senatorial post in 2019. I will serve Mayor Duterte (President Rodrigo Duterte) till death, if I die ahead of him),\u201d Go said.<\/p>\n<p>Go made this pronouncement after Partido Demokratiko-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) Secretary-General and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said he is eyeing President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s top aide to join the ruling party&#8217;s senatorial slate in the 2019 elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Pero kung tutuparin ni Speaker Alvarez ang pangako nyang kunin akong ninong sa kasal nya, baka mag bago po isip ko<\/em>\u00a0(But if Alvarez will fulfill his promise to have me as godfather to his wedding, I might change my mind),&#8221; Duterte&#8217;s closest aide jested.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez said he wanted Go to run under PDP Laban because the party needs to field a candidate from Mindanao.<\/p>\n<p>Go, who hails from Davao City, had earlier said he is committed to &#8220;stand beside (Duterte) &#8217;til kingdom come&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Included in Alvarez&#8217; proposed senatorial line-up are Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) assistant secretary Margaux Uson, and Presidential Political Adviser Francis Tolentino.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the party\u2019s list of candidates for the Senate are Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles, Negros Occidental Rep. Albee Benitez, and Bataan Rep. Geraldine Roman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go on Friday reiterated that he is not interested in running for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":146900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[30026,4931,15359,46758,581,12230,46757,2444],"class_list":["post-153182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-christopher-bong-go","tag-francis-tolentino","tag-harry-roque","tag-margaux-uson","tag-mindanao","tag-pantaleon-alvarez","tag-partido-demoktratiko-lakas-ng-bayan","tag-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}