Pacman as a POLITICIAN

Thursday, November 18, 2010

                 Manny Pacquiao had knockout Mr. Roy Chiongbian last May 10, 2010 elections in their fight for congressman in Sarangani Province. Chiongbian clan ruled Sarangani for almost 18 years however Manny had dethroned them last election. Manny got two times the number of votes that made him a landslide victory.
James L. Chiongbian the father of Roy Chiongbian who factually created Sarangani province by authoring Republic Act 7228. Roy Chiongbian served as the new province’s first congressman for nine years. He was succeeded by his son Erwin who had also served for additional nine years.
                Manny had worked out this time. At the night of the election, he is very busy like an apprehensive candidate. He calls and personally speaks to his poll watchers at the 379 precincts at schools and public meeting places all over his area. He is finding way to sense how the voters were leaning, these are comprises by coconut farmers, tuna fishermen or laborers who exist on less than $2 a day.
                In 2007, he first ran for a congressional seat aligned with another political empire, Darlene Antonino-Custodio in General Santos City, his hometown. He failed to win in the election because of lack in political knowledge and ineffective campaign. Pacquio admitted that he lost big in campaign expenditure. Some noted instances are running away his money of those who volunteered to help for the campaign.
Manny claimed that this is his most satisfying win in his life. Certainly all his hard work was commendable; he got 80 percent of the total votes. It is approximately 90,000 votes out of 125,000 registered voters which made the boxing champ mathematically impossible to be defeated.
  He promised to focus on the livelihood projects for his political plan aiming to alleviate the lives of those ordinary workers such as coconut farmers, tuna fishermen or laborers in Sarangani province, the hometown of his wife Jinkee.

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