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BREAKING NEWS: PACQUIAO WON'T RUN IN MAY ELECTION!
By Dong Secuya PhilBoxing.com Mon, 26 Feb 2007
Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao has declared that he will forego his plan to run in the Philippine May elections and instead concentrate on his upcoming fight on April 14 against Mexican Jorge Solis to be held at the historic Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, according to broadcast reports by Philippine government TV station NBN Channel 4.
Pacquiao confidant Rex "Wakee" Salud confirmed the news and said that the negative reception accorded to the boxing hero where he, together with Manila mayor Lito Atienza, government lawyer Romy Makalintal and Salud himself, were loudly booed by the audience upon their entrance to the jampacked Cebu City Sports Complex where a highly successful staging of a boxing event featuring local boys Z Gorres and Boom Boom Bautista was held.
Lawyer Romy Makalintal who has been designated by Pacquiao as his spokesman, also confirmed the news when contacted by PhilBoxing.com. Makalintal said that Pacquiao would like to apologize to his fans for hurting them because of his political plans and that "Pacquiao treats his fans as very important to him and would listen to their sentiments."
Salud further informed that he had arranged a meeting between Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmena and Manny Pacquiao at a dinner in a Cebu restaurant Friday night where he had requested Mayor Osmena to give a brotherly advise to Pacquiao, noting that Osmena is a veteran politician.
Osmena, according to Salud, told Pacquiao that he can run for an office, but "not at this time."
Pacland, the de facto website of Manny Pacquiao and whose members strongly opposed Pacquiao's political intention, is in a celebratory mood after hearing the good news.
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