From Tondo scavenger to actor to Manila mayor, will he become President Isko Moreno?
Moreno, 46, is formally launching his presidential bid at 10:30 am (Manila time) on Wednesday, September 22, in one of the country’s poorest communities – Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila.
Moreno is running alongside Dr. Willie Ong, 57, a cardiologist and internist with over 16 million Facebook followers. Ong ran and lost in the 2019 senatorial election, but got the second highest number of votes from overseas voters.
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“It is not a crime to wear threadbare clothes because of poverty. What is wrong is to praise an emperor’s clothes when in fact he is wearing none…. Opo, lumaki akong busabos ngunit hindi ako naging bastos. Bagama’t balot ako ng dumi sa katawan, ni minsan hindi ko kailangan sabunin ang aking bibig. At sa kalagitnaan ng paghihikahos, ng matinding gutom, na mas malakas pa ang hilab ng tiyan kaysa sa aking dasal, ni minsan hindi ako nagtampo sa Diyos. Hindi ko siya minura. Hindi ko siya tinalikuran. At ang kanyang mga alagad, hindi ko inalipusta. Sapagkat hindi natitinag ang paniwala ko.”