President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer vie for a Senate seat in the 2022 elections, the poll body said on Tuesday.
"The President has filed his withdrawal from the Senatorial elections," Commission on Elections spokesman James Jimenez said on Twitter.
Duterte personally went to the Comelec office in Manila, as seen in Jimenez's photo.
Duterte, 76, is barred by the constitution from seeking re-election.
He earlier threatened to challenge his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio in the vice presidential race. He said he was displeased by her decision to seek the No. 2 job after she led opinion surveys for the presidency.
But Duterte ended up registering as a substitute candidate for senator under the PDDS party or Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan.
Duterte's withdrawal from the Senate race came hours after his close aide Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go formally dropped out of the presidential race, leaving the administration without an anointed successor.
Duterte earlier called his daughter's running-mate, former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., a "weak leader."
Marcos, whose candidacy is being challenged at the Comelec, is up against other presidential aspirants, including former boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, Vice President Leni Robredo, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso, and Sen. Panfilo Lacson. Most of them have also been the subject of Duterte's tirades.
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