FORMER senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he had planned to ask President Rodrigo Duterte to be his running mate in the 2022 national elections.

But Marcos, who filed his certificate of candidacy (CoC) for president on Tuesday, said that he abandoned the idea after Duterte announced his retirement from politics last Oct. 2, 2021.

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