Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s preferred successor, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, has announced his withdrawal from the May 2022 presidential race, saying that it was “not yet my time.” Go, a close aide of Duterte, cited his family’s resistance to his presidential run and admitted he was unprepared to seek the country’s highest elected post. “In the past few days I realized that my heart and my mind are contradicting my actions. Those are my reasons. That’s why I am withdrawing from the race,” Go told reporters in San Juan City on Nov. 30, according to The Manila Times. The senator also mentioned that he did not want Duterte to strain himself to campaign for him. “He [Duterte] is already old and he has already given so much for the country, I do not want to give him more problems. I am loyal to him and I promised him that I will …