Pacquiao ‘good choice’ as PDP-Laban standard bearer for presidential race: Pimentel


Manny Pacquiao, while being floated as one of the prospective presidential bets in the 2022 elections, has yet to make any official announcement on his plans. - AFP

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Senator Manny Pacquiao will be a “good choice” as the presidential bet of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party, Senator Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel III said on Thursday (June 17).

“I think he will be a good choice of the party to push for president but of course, running should be voluntary, the person should be willing to run for that particular position, ” Pimentel, the party’s executive vice-chairman, said in an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel.

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