Manny Pacquiao versus Roy Chiongbian (Sarangani congressional seat)

[cebulifer]

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wow! plenty of money will be pour to sarangani, bugno ni sa kwarta chiongbian vs. pacquiao

The P400M ni pacman plus ang kwarta ni chiongbian...hmmmm... look at these as money that will boost the economy of Sarangani province!

And if Pacman wins... We will have a fighting congressman against gayweather!!! bwahahaha!!! magsakit na pud ulo ni Roach ani! unsaon na lang kaha ang training noh?

[jrconde]

sa tanan position, ngao congressman man jud. dili dayun na mka tabang sa people, dapat sa iyaha duol cya sa mga masa para matabangan dayun niya. like mayor.

[Carljr]

manny p. ayaw nalang ug apil-apil nalang sa politica kay para lang na sa walay utok pangurakot lang ang ilang nahibaw-an. ikaw para lang ka sa boxing hantud naka mamatay sa boxing raka ang imong final destination 5. ok...my opinion to you ang kakusgon sa imo kamau mao raw kakusgon sa imo dagway....

[sharkey360]

Seven-time world boxing champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao registered as a candidate for a seat in the Philippines lower house of Congress on Tuesday, climbing into the political ring for the second time following a 2007 defeat.

Accompanied by his family, Pacquiao attended a Catholic mass before marching to the poll body office in Alabel town on the southern island of Mindanao to submit his nomination papers under his own political party -- People's Champ Movement (PCM).

"I am ready, there's no more turning back," Pacquiuao told a cheering crowd of supporters, confident of winning a title that eluded him at his first attempt in May 2007.

He was defeated in the congressional election in 2007 by an incumbent opposition lawmaker, Darlene Custodio, who belongs to a prominent political clan in General Santos City.

Pacquiao is now facing a tough opponent supported by the three biggest political and business families in the province of Sarangani, who also have close links to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Arroyo, for her part, filed her own candidacy for a seat in lower house of Congress at her hometown in Lubao, Pampanga province, north of the capital Manila.

"I realized I am not ready to step down completely from public service," Arroyo said on Monday when she decided to seek a seat for Congress as her term as president ends on June 2010.

"Of course the family agrees, we support her 100 percent," Arroyo's husband, Jose Miguel, told reporters after the president submitted her nomination papers under the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD coalition party.

The party's standard-bearer, former defense chief Gilberto Teodoro and his running-mate, television game show host Edu Manzano, submitted their nominations for president and vice president at the poll body's main office in Manila.

Source - Boxing icon Pacquiao enters Philippine political ring | International | Reuters