President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he will not endorse any presidential candidate for the May elections.

'' I am not supporting any president,'' said Duterte in a speech at Lapulapu City Thursday night. ''I am neutral.''

''So this is not a campaign because I am not campaigning for a particular candidate,'' he said.

Duterte's PDP-Laban party had endorsed former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the survey frontrunner, as president. The president also met with Marcos recently. DMS