Pacquiao as Binay’s Senate bet for 2016

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Vice President Jejomar Binay announced boxing champion Manny Pacquiao as the first candidate to be included in his new party’s senatorial ticket for 2016. Binay said in a press briefing at the Coconut Palace on Friday, March 7, that he would include him in the slate with discussions in play prior to the 2013 polls. The Vice President said Pacquiao was not included in his slate in 2013 because he was underage during the May polls. Pacquiao turned 35 on Dec 17, 2013, making him eligible to run for senator in 2016. In the 15th Congress, he was a top absentee congressman.

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