Ariel Querubin shows his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator at the Manila Hotel Tent City in this file photo taken on October 7, 2024. INQUIRER.net/John Eric Mendoza Ariel Querubin shows his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator at the Manila Hotel Tent City in this file photo taken on October 7, 2024. Querubin himself broke the news on Thursday, thanking Duterte and calling his endorsement “meaningful for soldiers like him who served in Mindanao.” “Gusto ko pong magpabatid ng aking pasasalamat sa ating dating presidente Rodrigo Roa Duterte,” Querubin said in a statement. (I would like to express my gratitude to our former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.) READ: Ariel Querubin files COC for Senate seat In 2023, Queribin disclosed that the former chief executive told him that the people need someone like him. Querubin hogged the headlines in 2006, for his role in a standoff at the Marines headquarters as he tried to protect military officers from being removed from service after a foiled coup against then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo following the “Hello Garci” scandal. Read Full Story
