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KAMPI EXECS SECURE RINGSIDE TICKETS FOR 'DREAM MATCH' PhilBoxing.com Thu, 27 Nov 2008 LOS ANGELES, California -- At least 20 members of the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) headed by its chairman Ronaldo Puno have reportedly secured ringside tickets in the "Dream Match" between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao, a bonafide member of KAMPI, the mother political party of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, is being pencilled to run for congressman in 2010 under the party that sworn in the world lightweight champion in May this year. Puno, secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), will reportedly lead a big bunch of politicians, mostly congressmen and mayors, who will cheer for their partymate who will fight for the first time in the welterweight (147 lbs) division. "Some of them have not yet revealed their itinerary for fear that they would be criticized for the junket," said a former city mayor who requested strict anonymity because he was not allowed to reveal the names of those who will fly to Las Vegas to watch the fight. Among the other non-KAMPI and KAMPI members but are political allies of Pres. Arroyo who have confirmed their attendance were House Speaker Prospero Nograles, Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella, Camarines Sur Rep. Diosdado "Dado" Arroyo, Ilocos Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson, Senators Lito Lapid, Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., and Bacolod city mayor Evelio "Bing" Leonardia. KAMPI was formed during the run up to the 1998 presidential elections as the vehicle for then Senator Arroyo's presidential campaign, after she defected from the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, the party she had been with since she was first elected in 1995. Vicente Sotto III was picked to be her running mate. Before the filing of candidacies, she decided to be the running mate of then Lakas-NUCD-UMDP presidential hopeful Jose de Venecia. As a result, KAMPI coalesced with Lakas-NUCD-UMDP during the 1998 presidential elections. It was not immediately known if first Gentleman Miguel "Mike" Arroyo will also watch the historic fight.  |
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