{"id":166450,"date":"2018-06-06T23:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T03:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=166450"},"modified":"2018-06-06T23:18:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T03:18:16","slug":"kris-aquino-willing-to-campaign-for-bong-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/06\/kris-aquino-willing-to-campaign-for-bong-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Aquino willing to campaign for Bong Go"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Go said Aquino mentioned this in her text message to the former while conveying her dismay at Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson\u2019s post on social media criticizing the actress\u2019 father, the late former senator Benigno \u201cNinoy\u201d Aquino. (Photo: Kris Aquino\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Popular TV host and actress Kris Aquino is willing to campaign for Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go if he decides to run for senator in the 2019 mid-term elections.<\/p>\n

Go said Aquino mentioned this in her text message to the former while conveying her dismay at Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson\u2019s post on social media criticizing the actress\u2019 father, the late former senator Benigno \u201cNinoy\u201d Aquino.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know I will even campaign for you because I believe in you, but why leave the President? Why leave Malacanang? Maybe a snake will take your position,\u201d Kris told Go in a text message on June 5 while he and his boss, President Rodrigo Duterte, were on a plane bound for Manila from Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n

The youngest sister of former President Benigno Aquino III said she considers Go as her friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been friends and my heart wants to believe you still have a soft spot for me. I will understand if you snub me because who am I anyway, but my heart was hurt by what Mocha did,\u201d Aquino said in her message to Go, which the presidential aide read out in a press conference on June 6 (Wednesday).<\/p>\n

In response, Go thanked the former Presidential sister for the support but thumbed down the idea of seeking a Senate seat amid growing clamor for him to run.<\/p>\n

\u201cMa\u2019am Kris I\u2019m not a candidate but thank you so much for your trust and your faith to President Duterte,\u201d Go replied to Aquino.<\/p>\n

Go said Duterte has instructed him to apologize to Kris Aquino for Uson\u2019s post comparing the late senator being kissed by two women to President Rodrigo Duterte who kissed a Filipina on the lips in a recent gathering of Filipino community in Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n

He said Uson also agreed to apologize to Aquino, whose mother, Cory Aquino, served as the country\u2019s first female president from 1986 to 1992.<\/p>\n

Respectful to women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Go explained that there was no malice in the President\u2019s gesture to solicit a kiss from one of two women whom he called on stage to receive copies of a book after giving a long speech before over 2,000 Filipinos.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President has high respect for women,\u201d Go, Duterte\u2019s most trusted aide since he was mayor of Davao City, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not do it in public if there is malice,\u201d Duterte said in a media interview after he arrived from a fruitful trip to South Korea on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never felt any sensation if that is what you mean. I can only generate an emotion if a kiss a woman I love. Any other stranger is pure showbiz,\u201d the President added.<\/p>\n

No malice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bea Kim, one of the nearly 2,000 Filipinos present during the meeting with the President, earlier said there was no malice in the President\u2019s gesture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kiss was just like a twist to entertain the audience. It had no meaning. For him and for me, it had no meaning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he will resign if all women will sign a petition for him to resign amid public uproar ignited by the President\u2019s controversial kiss.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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