Presidential son and Davao City 1st district representative Paolo Duterte announced that he is no longer running for House Speaker.
In a statement, Paolo said that he had a conversation with his father, President Rodrigo Duterte in a meeting last July 4.
“I have personally spoken to President Rodrigo Duterte Thursday night in Davao City regarding my plan to run for speaker of the House of Representatives. We both agreed that this will not be the right time for me to be Speaker and I can still help his administration from the House in a different capacity,” Paolo said.
The presidential son said that he is now endorsing the bid for speakership of Hugpong ng Pagbabago candidtae Isidro Ungab.
“The President has also been fully informed of Rep. Ungab’s participation in the race for the next Speaker of the House of Representatives,” he said.
Paolo previously said that he is interested to run for speaker in order to unite the House of Representatives.
