PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte rejected a “no election” (no-el) scenario in 2019 because he “believes in democracy,” his spokesman said on Thursday.

“[The President and I] have talked about [the proposal of no-el.] I will quote the President, ‘I will not have any hand in that.’ He is strongly opposing no-el for Charter change. That is his stance,” Secretary Harry Roque told a press briefing.

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