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It’s official.
On Monday afternoon, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) chair Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III declared Davao mayor Rodrigo Duterte as its standard bearer in the 2016 national elections.
Along with Duterte, Pimentel also declared Sen. Alan Peter Cateyano as the party’s vice presidential candidate.
Duterte filed his certificate of candidacy for president on Friday. He said it was the Senate Electoral Tribunal’s dismissal of the disqualification case against another presidential hopeful, Sen. Grace Poe, that convinced him to run for higher office.
Duterte entered the presidential race as substitute for Martin Diño, who had originally filed for candidacy.
