Manny Pacquiao challenges Aegis Juris fratmen to a fistfight

Camille Elemia

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Manny Pacquiao challenges Aegis Juris fratmen to a fistfight
'Alam nyo yung mga ganun, yun ang mga duwag eh. Nambubugbog na walang kalaban laban. Kung hindi lang masama, pwede ko sila hamunin, Mr President,' says the world boxing champion

Given the choice, Senator Manny Pacquiao said he would like to challenge members of the Aegis Juris fraternity to a fistfight, following the death of a freshman law student in an initiation rites hazing. (READ: Aegis Juris fraternity members barred from entering UST)

Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III called Pacquiao to give his manifestation on the privilege speech of Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday, September 20.

“Next senator to be recognized… I wish ito sana nakasagupa ng mga nagtatapang tapangan na mga frat members (he were the one faced by those frat members who feel brave),” Sotto said, referring to the athlete turned senator.

Pacquiao expressed his “deepest condolences” to the Castillo family and called members of the fraternity “cowards.”

Alam nyo yung mga ganun, yun ang mga duwag eh. Nambubugbog na walang kalaban laban. Kung hindi lang masama, pwede ko sila hamunin, Mr President,” Pacquiao said, drawing laughter from the floor and the gallery. (You know, these kind of people are cowards. They’re punching someone who could not fight back. If it’s just not bad, I can challenge them to a fistfight, Mr President.)

One senator jokingly shouted: “Isa-isa! (One by one!)”

To which, the world boxing champion said: “Hindi, sabay-sabay sila.” (No, all of them at once.)

The neophyte senator said he commiserates with Castillo’s parents, as he knows how it feels to protect his children. Pacquiao has 5 children – 3 boys and 2 girls.

“Yung mga anak ko sa school, malaman ko may mangbully lang sa kanila, gusto ko puntahan at… (My kids are in school and if I just find out someone is bullying them, I would go there and…)” Pacquiao did not continue his sentence, drawing laughter from the crowd.

“That’s a feeling of a father, Mr President, na yung feeling mo sa mga anak mo pinalaki mo, inalagaan mong matagal, papatayin lang na walang kalaban-laban, di ba naman duwag ang mga ito? So I condemn in the highest possible terms the cowardly and inhumane actions of those involved in this hazing,” Pacquiao said.

On Sunday, September 17, the body of Castillo was found wrapped in a blanket on a pavement in Tondo, Manila. He was declared dead on arrival at the Chinese General Hospital.

Castillo died due to injuries his parents believed were from fraternity initiation rites hazing. The father said his son was recruited to the Aegis Juris fraternity – a recognized organization based at the UST law school. 

The Department of Justice has placed 16 members in the immigration lookout bulletin.

The Senate public order committee is set to probe the killing on Monday, September 25. – Rappler.com

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Camille Elemia

Camille Elemia is a former multimedia reporter for Rappler. She covered media and disinformation, the Senate, the Office of the President, and politics.