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Senator Manny Pacquiao will kick off his presidential campaign where it all started – in General Santos City, the southernmost city of the country.
Pacquiao and running mate Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza are running under PROMDI, a Cebu-based political party meant to consolidate their votes in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Pacquiao and Atienza will first hold a caravan around General Santos City at 1 pm on Tuesday, February 8, starting at Barangay Bawing all the way to the Oval Plaza Grand Stand for the proclamation rally.
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Pacquiao’s run worries Dionisia: ‘Baka maubos ang kwarta!’
Senator Manny Pacquiao’s mother, Dionisia Pacquiao, expressed her hesitation for her son’s bid for the presidency, noting that it would cost a lot of money.
“Noong tumatakbo pa siya for the first time dito sa General Santos, umiyak ako kasi ilang sako na ng pera ang nakita kong nawala,” Dionisia said in jest in Visayan.
(When he ran for the first time here in General Santos, I cried because I saw we were losing money by the sacks.)
“Sabi pa ng mga amiga ko, ‘Mommy, ang anak mo bigay ng bigay ng pera, baka maubos ang kwarta!’“
(My female friends told me: “Mommy, ytour son is giving away money, you might run out of cash.)
A visibly embarrassed Pacquiao listened to Dionisia’s testimony.
“Tapos ito presidente na, sabi ko ‘Manny, iba na talaga to kasi buong bansa na, mas malaki pa sa bariles [tuna] ng GenSan!”
(And now, he’s running for president, I told him: “Manny, this is different because this is for the whole country, this is even bigger than the tuna of GenSan!)
