Bong Go says he will not be substituted by Mayor Sara

AVAO CITY – Former special assistant to the president and now senatorial candidate Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go denied speculations that he will be substituted by presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte Carpio in the senatorial race in the 2019 mid-term polls.

In an interview Friday night, Go said he had no idea of where the rumor that he will be replaced by Duterte in the race to the Senate. Candidates in the May 2019 polls have until November 29 to be substituted for the position they filed their Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for.

Go averred that, as far as he is concerned, the young Duterte has already made up her mind not to run for a Senate seat because she wanted to continue all the projects and development she started during her term as Davao’s chief executive.

"Alam kong masaya si Mayor Sara sa pagsisilbi sa mga taga Davao at alam kong marami na siyang nasimulang mga proyekto sa Davao City (I know that Mayor Sara is very happy to serve the people of the city and I know she started a lot of projects here)," he said.

"Alam ko rin po na very satisfied po ang ating mga kababayan, kita niyo naman po ang maraming improvements dito sa Davao (I also know that the people in the city are vert satisfied as you can see there a lot of improvements here)," Go added.

Earlier, the mayor denied that the reason why her younger brother Sebastian filed his COC for Davao City vice mayor was to put him in a position where he could eventually substitute Sara in the bid for the mayoral post while the latter moves on to the senatorial.

The lady mayor reiterated that no substitution will happen because she wanted to oversee all the projects which are now ongoing in the city.