Presidential candidate Grace Poe waves as supporters reach out to her during election campaigning in General Mariano Alvares, Cavite in the Philippines May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine Senator Grace Poe moved to quell rumours on Thursday of her withdrawal from the country's presidential race and vowed to win next week's election and stop the "disturbing" rise of front runner Rodrigo Duterte.
Poe has seen her campaign eclipsed by a surge in popularity of the crime-busting Duterte, 71, mayor of Davao city in the south of the country, and called a news conference to shoot down speculation she would pull out and back Manuel Roxas, the chosen successor of President Benigno Aquino.
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