open letter to MANNY PACQUIAO

[Zeus]

Pacquiao ‘sad,’ ‘depressed’ over poll results, lost cash



INQUIRER.net
Last updated 04:52pm (Mla time) 05/17/2007


MANILA, Philippines -- Manny Pacquiao was described as “sad” and “depressed” as he continued to trail frontrunner Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio in the Congressional race for South Cotabato’s first district.
Sources from the boxer’s campaign staff said that Manny’s misery was not only due to the election results. He also lost huge sums of money when his trusted backers allegedly funneled cash from the champion boxer’s campaign chest to their respective pockets, the sources said.
Apart from his financial supporters, Manny had invested his own money in the campaign, reportedly in the millions.
Manny was also reported to have been contemplating charges against the unnamed individuals, whom the people’s champion had trusted “100 percent.”
At the end of the AMA Education Quick Count, Manny had 18,535 votes as against Darlene’s 34,112, nearly twice the boxer’s total.
With Darlene’s feet deeply planted in the district’s political landscape, not even a world champion boxer like Manny could dethrone the incumbent. Likewise, South Cotabato had been largely known as a “pro-opposition” province, and even Manny’s charm could not eradicate his ties with Malacañang.

• Malungkot si Pacman...campaign fund niya ninakaw

[Syuryuken]

Napapala ng kabobohan niya.

[Altis6453]

Well, let's just say he had a very expensive education. 'Wag magpaloko sa mga pulitiko. Nag-pagamit lang siya sa huling eleksyon. Ibuhos nalang niya ang kanyang kakayahan at lakas sa boksing.

[Asus700]

knock out, girl pa naman ang kalaban.

hanga talaga ako sa kanya sa boxing pero sa politics? tapos congress pa ang tinakbo. buti nga natalo. sabi siguro ng mga tao, ano gagawin nyan sa congress?

pinagkakitaan sya, of course.

[awing]

Yan na nga ba naisip ko e

Magisisi siya sa bandang huli..lalong lalo na sa mga pera niya...hayyyy

[lightning099]

Pacquiao’s fans elated by defeat
Inquirer
Last updated 05:36pm (Mla time) 05/17/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- It's one defeat his fans were most willing to take.

Supporters of Manny Pacquiao the boxer are rejoicing over his debacle in the political arena against the diminutive but politically formidable Representative Darlene Antonino-Custodio of South Cotobato and General Santos City.

A "thread" or forum topic in his official website on Thursday contained several messages communicating a general sigh of relief for not losing the Filipino boxing idol to politics.

One fan was convinced that Pacquiao's loss in the congressional derby was actually the boxing world's gain.

"This loss may be devastating for Manny, but the whole boxing world is rejoicing," he wrote. "This ensures that there will be a true boxing superstar to look up to in the next three years at least. To the electorate of the first district of South Cotabato... thank you!"

Another fan also thanked the incumbent Custodio for defeating Pacquiao, a political neophyte. "Thank you very much, Darlene!"

A fan who went by the name "eastern" advised his boxing idol never to allow himself to be “used” again by politicians for their vested interests.

"Always think that they're only after your money and popularity," the fan wrote.

He went on to ask Pacquiao to forget politics in the meantime and just consider running for governor or mayor in the 2013 elections. He said the boxer was fitter for an executive post than legislative work.

But another fan questioned Pacquiao's fitness to return to the ring following his loss in the political arena.

Reacting to another message, he wrote: "How can you be sure that Manny is the same Pacman after a disappointing loss in (the) election? His performance in boxing could decline."

The 28-year-old Pacquiao, arguably the hottest prospect in boxing today, is being pitted against other top superfeatherweights later this year. Among the names being lined for him are Mexicans Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera, Joan Guzman of the Dominican Republic, and KO artist Edwin Valero of Venezuela.

In an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Wednesday, Custodio admitted that Pacquiao's fans' disagreement with his decision to join politics was partly the reason he lost.

"People really love him as a boxer and they don't want him to be hindered by politics," she said.

Custodio said Pacquiao's strategy that supposedly focused on "negative politics" could also be another reason. She noted that during the campaign, the boxer pounced heavily on the idea that she and her clan had done very little to uplift the lives of their constituents.

In his case, Pacquiao often mentioned that his closeness with Malacañang would expedite progress in his legislative district.

Custodio, a member of the political opposition, earlier said she had not been receiving her Priority Development Assistance Fund or pork barrel from Malacañang ostensibly because of her criticism of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

On Wednesday, she maintained that her political stance, including her decision to call for Arroyo's impeachment, supposedly reflected her constituents' sentiments.

"During my stint in Congress, I never misrepresented them," she said.

[diesoline]

courtesy of jjmichaels.

[awing]

Reacting to another message, he wrote: "How can you be sure that Manny is the same Pacman after a disappointing loss in (the) election? His performance in boxing could decline."

Possibly..maybe this loss could be the beginning..

Im a huge fan of Manny im glad that he didnt get the seat for the Congress BUT for being a Number 1 Boxer...i hope it wont change