{"id":75673,"date":"2016-05-10T23:19:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T03:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=75673"},"modified":"2016-05-10T23:19:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T03:19:27","slug":"rep-pacquiao-calls-unity-rallies-support-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/05\/10\/rep-pacquiao-calls-unity-rallies-support-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Pacquiao calls for unity; rallies support for Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you everyone for all your support! May God Bless you all. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PacquiaoForSenator?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PacquiaoForSenator<\/a> #36 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LdBnDgHoxG\">pic.twitter.com\/LdBnDgHoxG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manny Pacquiao (@mannypacquiao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mannypacquiao\/status\/725359207508107264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>GENERAL SANTOS CITY \u2013 Boxing icon and outgoing Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel \u201cManny\u201d Pacquiao called on politicians and their camps to unite, and rally behind the coming administration of leading presidential candidate, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao said it\u2019s now time for candidate who have either won or lost in Monday\u2019s general elections to work for reconciliation and the country\u2019s unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMagkaisa na tayong lahat. Kung ang intensyon mo ay maganda at para sa pagbabago then dapat magkaisa tayo (Let\u2019s all unite now. If your intention is good and for change then we should be united,\u201d he said in an interview over a television station here.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-division world boxing champion is already poised to land a spot in the Senate based on the partial and unofficial count.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao, who ran under Vice President Jejomar Binay\u2019s United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), is currently in seventh place with 15,490,342 votes in the race for the 12 Senate seats.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Binay\u2019s expected loss and with Duterte widely leading in the presidential race, Pacquiao said he is happy with the results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMasaya naman ako na siya ang pinili ng sambayanang Pilipino (I\u2019m happy that he was the one chosen by the Filipino people),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>From the start, he cited that he personally considered the Vice President and Mayor Duterte as the ones only capable of running and leading the country.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao, who has taken a break after his final fight last April against Timothy Bradley and the grueling senatorial campaign, said he will soon personally visit and congratulate Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are friends and that will not be affected by politics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao and his local political party, People\u2019s Champ Movement (PCM) initially declared support for Duterte before the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COC) in October last year.<\/p>\n<p>But he decided to forge an alliance with UNA and joined its senatorial slate after Duterte did not file his COC for president.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte filed for re-election as Davao City but withdrew it in December to run as substitute candidate for president of the PDP-Laban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENERAL SANTOS CITY \u2013 Boxing icon and outgoing Sarangani Rep. 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