boxing star, Manny pacquiao becomes senator

Philippine boxing star Manny Pacquiao , WBO world welterweight champion, scored a major political triumph on Thursday when the races commission pronounced he was among 12 new individuals from the upper place of Congress. A week ago, around 80 percent of 55 million qualified voters cast their tickets to pick a president, VP, 12 legislators, 200 individuals from the lower place of Congress and 18,000 nearby authorities when all is said in done races held at regular intervals. " I can center and train myself, the way I did in boxing to help the country ," Pacquiao told correspondents, saying, as another representative, he would push with the expectation of complimentary instruction at all levels. The 37 year-old two-term congressman additionally said he supports reestablishing capital punishment for medication related and different genuine violations. President-choose Rodrigo Duterte has said he will ask Congress to re-present a capital punishment that was canceled in 2006. " according to God, it is not unlawful, " Pacquiao said of the death penalty. The previous eight-division world boxing champion, who remained as an individual from one of the losing presidential competitors, won more than 16 million votes to come in seventh spot for 12 empty seats in the upper place of Congress. Supposition surveys indicated Pacquiao was among the top decisions for a senate situate yet he dropped a couple indents down in the surveys after he made an against gay comment in February. A month prior to decisions, his evaluations enhanced after a persuading triumph over American champion Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas, thumping him down twice in the 12-round session.