Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao ended weeks of speculation last night by announcing his intention to run for a congressional seat in South Cotabato.
The announcement may pave the way for a showdown between Pacquiao, 28, and incumbent Darlene Antonino-Custodio, who belongs to the very influential Antonino clan.
In a television interview, Pacquiao said he wants to serve as a link for the people of General Santos to the national government.
Pacquaio, who avoided a confrontation with his wedding godparent, mayor General Santos
Mayor, Pedro Acharon, by seeking a congressional post, said he made the decision after consulting local leaders in General Santos City.
If elected, Pacquiao said his priority projects will be in education, job-creation and healthcare.
“The poor needs help so let us work together and stop bickering,” Pacquiao said in Filipino.
Pacquiao’s next fight has been moved a week earlier to April 14 against unheralded Mexican Jorge Solis, giving him a month to campaign.
While Pacquiao has been lured into throwing his hat into politics, some of his fans are not in favor of his decisions.
A poll in the website http://www.mannypacquiao.ph/ showed that 89.5 percent of 2,936 people do not want him to seek an electoral post. Only 3 percent want him to run, while the remaining 7 percent said they don’t care what decision the boxer makes.
Some fans against Pacquiao’s decision, even went further by saying that the Filipino boxer will lose in the May 14 polls.*
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