After announcing his retirement from the sports of boxing, Sen. Manny Pacquiao has officially file his candidacy for Philippine President on Friday, October 1.
Manny Pacquiao will be the standard bearer of Pacquiao/Pimentel-led faction of PDP-Laban. Deputy Speaker
of the House of Representatives Lito Atienza will be his running mate for VP.
LOOK: Boxer-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao is on his way to file his candidacy for president with Comelec.
Pacquiao is targeting to be the first presidential aspirant to file his COC at 8 am, just as filing opens. His wife Jinkee will accompany him. #PHVote @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/dqAHh9dYhP
— Aika Rey (@reyaika) September 30, 2021
Manny Pacquiao, the only 8-division world boxing champion, started his political career last 2010 as a Representative of Saranggani then after two-terms as a Congressman, Pacquiao won as a Senator in 2016, under the Duterte-led PDP-Laban. Pacquiao garnered over 16 million votes, landing 7th among 12 new members of the Senate.
Read the full report from Rappler – First presidential bet to file candidacy: Manny Pacquiao
Updated the article to include Lito Atienza as Manny Pacquiao running mate for VP.
[…] run for President, we may see a rematch of the 2016 Election with a number strong candidates namely Sen. Manny Pacquiao, Isko Moreno and Panfilo “Ping” […]