MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Monday that he declared the possibility of running for vice president next year “just to scare” his political opponents, but he said he was still considering the move if it would really be good for the country.
“For me, my bid for vice president was just to scare them. But I said: ‘Let us see,'” he said in Filipino during his weekly taped briefing. “If it is good for the country, I would do it. If it does not contribute anything to our republic, never mind. We will just be wasting time, and you contribute to the conundrum of the moment.”
During a recent meeting of officials of the ruling PDP-Laban, which Duterte chairs, …
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