Pacquiao to run for Presidency | Sunday Observer

Pacquiao to run for Presidency

26 September, 2021
Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao

Philippine boxing star Manny Pacquiao says he is to run for president in next year's election.

He was nominated as a candidate by a faction of the ruling party, PDP-Laban.

On top of a glittering career as a fighter, Pacquiao, 42, is a senator in the Philippines' parliament.

Incumbent Rodrigo Duterte is barred from another term but has been picked by a rival party faction to run for vice-president, a move critics say is an attempt to cling to power.

It is not clear which of the PDP-Laban factions will be recognised by the country's electoral commission for the 2022 poll. (BBC)

 

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