The Pambansang Kamao, eight-world division boxing title holder, Emmanuel “Manny/Pacman” Pacquiao has officially announced on Monday, October 5, his unbended and ultimate decision to be a Senatorial candidate in Halalan 2016.
Congressman Pacquiao has served for eight years in two terms. In his State of the District Address at the provincial gymnasium in the capital town of Alabel. “In the coming days, I will be embracing new levels of responsibility. I will be confronting tough challenges. My second term as your congressmen will soon be over, but I will continue to be of service you and to our fellow Filipinos. Yes, I'm going to run for (a) Senate post this coming 2016 election."
It was on May 2015 that we saw Pacquiao’s loss with Mayweather, and perhaps his last fight within this given period, and this May 2016, he will be fighting more “Mayweathers” as the upper chamber vacate. Recent senatorial preference surveys confirm Pacquiao to be one of the “Magic 12” or to have a high chance of winning the senatorial race and be included in the vacated 24-seat upper chamber.
Pacquiao did not bluntly confirm the political party he would belong to and said “that’s still to be determined.” Speculations include People’s Champ Movement of Manny Villar’s 2010 Nacionalista Party, Vice President Jejomar Binay’s United Nationalist Alliance, the Liberal Party, and independent presidential candidate Sen. Grace Poe.
As Pacquaio empties the seat in Congress, his brother, Rogelio “Roel”, plans to run to replace him in Saranggani while his wife, Jinkee, Pacquiao is not seeking re-election as Sarangani vice governor.
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