Pacquiao Confirms Run For Congressional Seat
MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao said Saturday that he was “100 percent sure” of running for Congress under his own People’s Champ Movement in Sarangani province in the May 2010 general elections.
Interviewed by Vice President Noli de Castro on Saturday over his radio program, “Para sa iyo, Bayan,” Pacquiao said he was in Sarangani to support the filing of the certificates of candidacy of “my mayors” who will run in the local elections.
He said he would also file his COC once the party’s members have all filed theirs.
“Yes, kaya nga ako nandito para sa filing ng miyembro. Unahin ko muna sila. Tapos ako [Yes, that’s why I’m here first for the filing of the members. I will let them file first before I do],” he told De Castro.
But he said his party was not yet sure whether to coalesce with other parties or support any particular candidate on the national level.
Interviewed by Vice President Noli de Castro on Saturday over his radio program, “Para sa iyo, Bayan,” Pacquiao said he was in Sarangani to support the filing of the certificates of candidacy of “my mayors” who will run in the local elections.
He said he would also file his COC once the party’s members have all filed theirs.
“Yes, kaya nga ako nandito para sa filing ng miyembro. Unahin ko muna sila. Tapos ako [Yes, that’s why I’m here first for the filing of the members. I will let them file first before I do],” he told De Castro.
But he said his party was not yet sure whether to coalesce with other parties or support any particular candidate on the national level.
Pacquiao thanked the people for supporting him in all his fights, and asked the people of Sarangani to also support him in his second shot at politics. He ran and lost in 2007 when he ran for Congress in General Santos, losing to incumbent Darlene Antonino Custodio.Morehttp://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20091121-237558/Pacquiao-confirms-run-for-congressional-sea
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