MANILA (Reuters) - Outgoing Philippine leader Benigno Aquino on Friday weighed in on the contest to replace him by urging presidential candidates to join forces and stop maverick mayor Rodrigo Duterte from winning next week's election.
Aquino's revelation of his last-gasp intervention, three days before the election, came moments after his chosen successor, Manuel Roxas, hastily called a news conference to urge rival Grace Poe to team up with him and thwart Duterte and uphold "democracy and decency".
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