No is no?

 

The Commission on Election (Comelec) says that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has until December to make up his mind whether to substitute the certificate of candidacy he filed for mayor to one in which he’d be seeking the presidency in the 2016 elections.

That’s a mere statement of fact coming from the Comelec, one that is applicable to all candidates. However, for the diehard followers of Duterte, it means that hope springs eternal that the door to Malacañang still remains open for Digong.

For a while, it seems that the mayor was merely engaged in a "hele-hele bago quiere" stance, but it’s all clear now that the man may not really be interested in being president because he’s already tired and old.

Just the same, there’s still that window left open 'til December for Duterte to convince himself or to be convinced by his followers that he can still do much more for this country than he can ever dream of as a mere mayor of Davao City.

Just one caveat, though, don’t force anyone to wear a king’s robe because after the pomp and pageantry, there’s the very tough job to be tackled of running an unmanageable country like the Philippines.

We cannot have someone saying mid-term when all hell has broken loose that: Why are you blaming me now, I’ve never asked to be President?

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