Pacquiao ‘interested’ to run for president in 2022 – Sotto
On this March 6, 2017, photograph, Senator Manny Pacquiao huddles with Senator Vicente Sotto III as Riza Hontiveros and Joel Villanueva pay attention. INQUIRER FILE/EDWIN BACASMAS
MANILA, Philippines — One other colleague of Senator Manny Pacquiao has divulged the boxer-turned-politician’s “curiosity” to run for president within the 2022 polls.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III stated Pacquiao talked to him “a while in the past” relating to the world boxing champion’s plans for subsequent yr’s nationwide elections.
“A while in the past, nagkausap kami, nabanggit niya sakin na interisado siya na tumakbo sa pagkapangulo,” Sotto informed reporters in a web-based interview on Monday.
(A while in the past, we have been capable of speak, he talked about he's fascinated with operating for the presidency.)
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Pacquiao approached Sotto on the matter as soon as earlier than the pandemic after which one other time through the pandemic, in accordance with the Senate chief.
Earlier than Sotto got here out with this info, Senator Panfilo Lacson has recalled a similar conversation with Pacquiao. Lacson stated Pacquiao approached him a number of occasions relating to the matter.
“This was late final yr…He’s fairly open about it. Though, ayaw niyang pagusapan due to COVID and in equity to him, constant naman siya na COVID muna tayo, ‘wag na muna ‘yong pulitika,” Lacson stated in a tv interview final week.
(This was late final yr…He’s fairly open about it. Though, he doesn't need to speak about politics due to COVID, and in equity to him, he’s constant about what he stated that politics shouldn't be mentioned proper now.)
Looked for touch upon Lacson’s disclosure, Pacquiao didn't affirm nor deny his plans for 2022 and as an alternative harassed that the presidency is a “God-given future.”
READ: Pacquiao plays coy about 2022 plans, says presidency a ‘God-given destiny’
The world-famous prizefighter, in a number of situations, has stated that politics must be put aside for now because the nation continues to battle a pandemic.
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