MANILA, Philippines — Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday questioned why his past record of being a top absentee in Congress is being thrown against him now as a reason for his supposed lack of competence to lead the country.
“Ang pagkakaalam ko po ay wala po akong halos pagliban sa aking trabaho sa Senado ngayong 18th Congress or to be specific, apat lang po ang aking nalalaman na pagliban. Mayroon po akong pagliban sa pagpasok noong ako’y congressman pa, bakit naman ngayon ito ay ibinabato pa sa akin?” Pacquiao said in a statement.
The world boxing champ-turned-politician issued this remark after retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the lead convenor of electora…
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