Pacquiao should stay in the ring – get out of politics

But then what can you expect? Didn’t he once say while running for the Senate, when asked if it would be difficult learning the duties of a senator, that it would not since he was able to memorise the Bible?
Talk about plain common sense!
And I wouldn’t be surprised either if, as Mr Duterte recently said, Pacquiao someday becomes president of the Philippines. There are plenty enough ignorant voters in the Philippines who would vote a celebrity (and Pacquiao is a big one) into any government position without considering that celebrity’s qualifications – brain-wise and otherwise – for the position he or she is running for. Is it any wonder that the government if full of not only corrupt but also inept and fumbling clowns?
As a boxer, Pacquiao is probably the greatest thing that ever happened in Philippine sports. His superb accomplishments in the ring have given the country a lot of reasons to be proud of him. In the field where he excels is where Pacquiao should stay, and definitely not in politics, for which he is clearly not cut out.
Juanito T Fuerte
(From the Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN)