President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he would reveal the "most corrupt" candidate eyeing to succeed him in the May 9 elections "in due time", because it's his obligation as leader of the country to do so.
Saying it's his "job to tell the truth", Duterte said he would discuss "what's wrong" with the candidates eyeing to succeed him as the nation awaits whether he would endorse anyone for president.
“I will personally name the candidates and maybe what’s wrong with them na kailangan malaman ng tao because you are electing a president -- sino ‘yung pinaka-corrupt na kandidato... Hindi ako namumulitika. I'm talking to you as your president,” he said in a taped public address aired Tuesday.
Among the presidential candidates, Duterte said there's one who is unfit to be a leader (talagang hindi pwedeng maging presidente), and another one who is too corrupt (masyadong corrupt).
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Duterte has yet to endorse anyone for president after his longtime aide Sen. Bong Go dropped out of the race. His eldest daughter, Sara is seeking the vice presidency along with the namesake and only son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who is running for president.
The 76-year-old leader said what he would discuss about the presidential candidates are information he received and based on his personal experience.
"I feel that there are things I would have to reveal to the Filipino people because it’s my job to tell the truth," he said.
Duterte's party PDP-Laban has yet to endorse any presidential candidate but has "adopted" his daughter Sara as its vice-presidential candidate.
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