Philippine’s Rodrigo Duterte backs out of election, obeying ‘will of the people’

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he was retiring from politics, a surprise move that fuelled speculation he was clearing the way for his daughter to run to succeed him, despite her filing for re-election as mayor.The leader made the announcement after he accompanied his former long-time aide, Christopher “Bong” Go, to register his own vice-presidential candidacy with the ruling party at a Commission on Elections centre.Duterte, whose term ends in June next year, said many…