Duterte announced that he would withdraw from the Philippine vice presidential election and "retire"

Original title: duterte announced that he would withdraw from the Philippine vice presidential election from his political career & ldquo; Retirement & rdquo;
(Observer News) according to the Philippine Star on October 2, Philippine President duterte issued a statement that day, announcing that he would no longer participate in the Philippine vice presidential election next year and would & ldquo; Retirement & rdquo; （retirement from politics）。 Philippine Senator Christopher middot, who had previously declined the nomination of presidential candidate; Wu will succeed duterte as the new vice presidential candidate of the Philippine ruling party.

Screenshot of Philippine Star
“ The general view of the Filipino people is that I am not eligible to run, which will be an act of exploiting legal loopholes and violating the spirit of the constitution& rdquo; Duterte said in a statement, & ldquo; The people elected me to the presidency many years ago. In order to comply with the wishes of the people, I will act according to your expectations. Today, I announce my retirement from my political career& rdquo;

Duterte delivered a speech announcing & ldquo; Retire from political career & rdquo; Video screenshot (the same below)
According to the Philippine constitution, the term of office of the Philippine President is six years and cannot be re elected. However, Philippine media pointed out that the law does not explicitly prohibit the current president from running for the vice president in the next general election. However, duter hereby accepted the party's nomination for vice president, which still caused controversy in the Philippines.
For example, Christian middot, one of the framers of the Philippine constitution; Christian monsod warned Philippine media that duterte's election for vice president might become & ldquo; Circumventing the provisions prohibiting the re-election of the President & lsquo; Cunning & rsquo; Means & rdquo;.
Less than a month ago, duterte accepted the nomination of the party's vice presidential candidate at the National Congress of the Philippine Democratic People's forces Party (PDP Laban) on September 8. He suddenly announced & ldquo; Retirement & rdquo; The decision also caused a shock in Philippine politics. However, the vacant seat of the ruling party's vice presidential candidate was soon filled in an unexpected way.
At the same time when duterte made his statement, he accompanied his former assistant, Philippine Senator Christopher & middot; Christopher go formally submitted the qualification certificate of vice presidential candidate to the election committee.

Duterte and Christopher & middot; Wu took a group photo and showed his qualification certificate
Christopher & middot; In his subsequent speech, Wu said that because duterte had decided not to run for the next vice president, he would take over the challenge. He promised voters that he would continue duterte's action against drugs, corruption and crime, and continue to promote the Philippine government's large-scale infrastructure projects.
“ I intend to continue and expand these efforts to overcome the current epidemic by achieving economic recovery, providing employment opportunities and addressing hunger and poverty& rdquo; Wu said.

Christopher & middot; Wu delivered a speech announcing his candidacy for vice president
According to public information, Christopher & middot; Wu has been an assistant to duterte since 1998, when he was only the mayor of Davao. From 2016 to 2018, he was appointed special assistant to the president by duterte. In 2019, Wu was elected as a Philippine senator with the support of duterte.
On September 8 this year, the Democratic People's forces party nominated Wu as the party's next presidential candidate at the national assembly, but Wu declined the nomination and asked party officials to give priority to other people who wanted to run for president.
At present, the nomination of the presidential candidate of the Democratic People's forces party is still unknown. Some analysts believe that duterte's withdrawal from the vice presidential election may be for his eldest daughter, Davao mayor Sarah & middot; Sara duterte carpio runs for President & ldquo; Pave the way & rdquo;.
On September 9, Sarah publicly told the Philippine media that she would not participate in next year's Philippine presidential election, & ldquo; Because we (duterte and daughter) agree that only one member of the family will run for state office in 2022& rdquo; Therefore, the Philippine Star said that duterte's decision to withdraw from the election would remove this obstacle.

National and local elections in the Philippines will be held on May 9, 2022. At that time, a new president, vice president, members of Congress, local chief executive and other positions will be elected.