'Duterte is still my friend': Alvarez says after Robredo endorsement

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Alvarez, who serves as the Partido Reporma president, earlier announced the party's support for Robredo's candidacy, after the resignation of the party's former bet Sen Panfilo "Ping" Lacson.

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MANILA, Philippines — Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Davao del Norte), a former ally of the President Rodrigo Duterte, said that the chief executive is still his friend, shortly after endorsing the presidency of Vice President Leni Robredo who represents the opposition's bet. 

 

"It's not that I'm not loyal [to Duterte] but if you say he's my friend, then yes," Alvarez told ANC Headstart in Filipino during an interview on Friday. 

 

"I consider him as my friend and in fact, we have common friends. When the time comes that he's not in Malacañang anymore and he'll come home to Davao City- I'm just in Tagum City, which is close by, so we can meet and talk," he added.

 

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