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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 March) — Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said he is  “depressed” over the continued detention of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC), adding that this was Duterte’s “loneliest birthday, “spent away from his family and the Filipino people. At the Rizal Park stage on San Pedro Street, Go addressed supporters of the Duterte family who joined the “Solidarity Walk for PRRD’s 81st birthday” from Roxas Avenue, passing through CM Recto St. before turning right to San Pedro. Go, who was Duterte’s Executive Assistant from 1998 to 2016 and Special Assistant to the President from June 30, 2016 until he resigned in late 2018 to run for the Senate, said Duterte’s arrest on March 11, 2025 hurt him deeply, as Duterte is “more than a father” to him.  “Kung meron mang nasaktan dito, ako po iyon. Talagang na depress ako sa nangyari  (If anyone was hurt here, it was me. I was truly depressed by what happened)...