Manila: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte claims if he could go back in time, he wouldn't want to be President, as he finds the work exhausting and the pay bad, media reports said on Tuesday.
"I don't know if I will survive the next six years," Efe news agency quoted Duterte as saying at an awards ceremony held late Monday at the Malacanang Presidential palace in Manila.
"I am ready to step down. I have no illusions about power or the presidency," added the leader, who thinks his monthly salary of 130,000 pesos ($2,600) is too little.
Mr Duterte will complete six months in office at the end of December since he assumed office on June 30, and according to surveys still enjoys huge popularity among Filipinos.
"I don't know if I will survive the next six years," Efe news agency quoted Duterte as saying at an awards ceremony held late Monday at the Malacanang Presidential palace in Manila.
"I am ready to step down. I have no illusions about power or the presidency," added the leader, who thinks his monthly salary of 130,000 pesos ($2,600) is too little.
Mr Duterte will complete six months in office at the end of December since he assumed office on June 30, and according to surveys still enjoys huge popularity among Filipinos.
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