Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has announced that he will run for the presidency of the Philippines.
Manny Pacquiao Statement: “I boldly accept the challenge of running as President of the Philippines. We need progress. We need to win against poverty. We need government to serve our people with integrity, compassion and transparency. The time is now. I am ready to rise to the challenge of leadership.”
The election is in May
Basically, what he is saying is…”I am done with boxing and moving on in life.”
Could be, but the Presidential General Election for the Philippines will be on May 9, 2022, just 8 months away. If he’s unsuccessful in his bid for the Presidency, I wouldn’t be shocked if he fought at least one more time. Seems like walking away from the spotlight isn’t easy for a lot of the top fighters.
Man, is this guy fearless, not only in the ring, but outside of it too. The current president is a NO nonsense type pf guy who rules with an iron fist in so many ways…. Pacquio is going to run against him… I’d be very careful if I were the PACMAN in doing anything like that… Manny is a hero to many but he’s got to stay a “smart” hero… Hope he knows what’s he doing in running against that guy
The incumbent is not running for reelection due to term limits.
No, but he is running as Vice-President to another member of his party. In essence, he’ll be running the show as VP if his party wins.
I dearly respect him as a boxer, one of the best ever, hats off, wish him the best.
As a politician, without experience and even proper education, I doubt his politcal career will be as succesful.
Pacman disturbingly saying gay people were “worse than animals”, later he stated that his only mistake with that statement had been to compare gay people to animals, “because they can distinguish male from female”. It mirrors total ignorance and religious conservatism in a way that will not improve society to the better.
Philippines have suffered an increased number of political killings on people belonging to different groups on the left, a pattern seen in many other countries too.
Philippines has one of the highest rates of income inequality in the world, which always leads to major social destabilisation.
I hope Pacquiao will represent his people, if he wins, not only the ones sharing his political views. To direct the Philippines to a better and more human and equal society is an almost impossible task.
So, people can’t have strong religious beliefs and be against certain behaviors that they deem to be immoral? Its actually worse to force beliefs upon people and punish them if they do not agree with it.; such as a doctor losing their livelihood because they don’t want to refer a girl as a boy. BTW: Bestiality is legal in several states in America and people took what Manny said out of context due to him not being the sharpest knife in the draw.
Well said Zockerbit.
The inequality of wealth across the Philippines is as bad as any country on earth. They have insurmountable corruption problems that Manny won’t be able to fix.
Manny doesn’t believe in birth control. He believes that God said we should populate. In a small country with more than 110 million people!
The Philippines needs a Singapore type government to get out of its mess but that won’t happen in a country where the ruling oligarchy calls the shots.
To all of the boxing fans in the Phillipines: PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR A MAN WHO HAS SPENT MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS GETTING PUNCHED IN THE HEAD FOR A LIVING; IT WILL NOT END WELL.
I prefer to hear Pac say he wants a rematch against Ugas or a farewell fight against Mikey Garcia…oh well. Pac should go where his heart and mind take him and best wishes to a legend.
First off, Manny DOES have political experience. Second, do you really think the current president is great? The dude illegally KILLS people. Now I came from a country where the government was cruel to its people and NO ONE outside of said country seemed to care. Why would they/you. Its not hard to understand but at this point, President D has to go and I hope they can find progress with peace and not violence.
Manny is a man of substance, character, depth, humility, intelligence, discipline, and integrity. With these qualities, he would make an exceptional president, so I wish him luck, and hope he prevails.
Whether or not he fights again is an open question, but he has already established himself as one of the greatest fighters ever.
“We need government to serve our people with integrity, compassion and transparency.”………..yeah….good luck with that.
Too bad he can’t be the US’s president, good luck to him.
LOL he would just let everyone flood the country if he was US president. No we don’t want him here.
Good for this humble and boxing legend! God Bless You!
Im afraid pacquioa will not able to handle the military roll of protecting the phillippines against the chinese!! the chinese are the real problem & a biggest threat!!
KO your Political Foes
Pacquiao’s ambition is off the hook! He should retire from boxing, abandon his Presidential run and become a life coach! He would beat the shit out of Tony Robbins! But seriously, what makes Pacquiao think he’s qualified to run a nation? Not that that really seems to matter in the Philipines, based on some of the leaders they’ve had over the past 50 years. Would Boo-Boy be his running mate? Will he get Freddy Roach Philipino citizenship and name him his Secretary of Defense? I know he wouldn’t make him his Press Secretary…sorry, my bad!
Paq has a heart of Gold. I wish him godspeed!!!
Mr. Pacquiao is a man of integrity and ethical philosophy, in addition to being a world champion in eight categories and an inspiration for all the youths around the world. I encourage his advocacy at the Presidency of the republic of the Philippines and submit, that, if he is elected President of this country, he will radically eradicate the impoverish conditions of its peoples.