Sports Party List
By Eddie Alinea
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 07 Oct 2012
MANILA (PNA) - How would you like to see the famous Filipino boxing tandem of Manny Pacquiao and Buboy Fernandez having seats in the next Congress?
If plans don?t miscarry, Pacquiao, the reigning world eight-division champion and his trainer and boyhood pal Fernandez could extend their ring partnership to the Halls of the Lower House where both want to be via separate routes.
Pacquiao, as everybody knows, is seeking re-election as Congressman of the lone district of Sarangani Province. Fernandez, his neighbor in General Santos City and associate for 16 years, is likewise, aiming for a Congressional seat via the sectoral representation.
Fernandez is the third nominee of the Sell-J Party List seeking recognition from the commission on Elections in the company sportsman-businessman friend Jay Lacnit and lawyer Alexander Acain.
The formation of the group was announced by Lacnit, president of Sell-J Sports Inc. on Friday?s SCOOP Sa Kamayan session at the Kamayan Restaurant-Padre Faura.
?Sports, as in the worlds of many, is in disarray that there seems to be one caring,? Lacnit, who also heads the Sell-J Pharma Corp., said during the session, sponsored by Powerade, AKTV and FILA. ?Kailangan na sa Kongreso ang isang grupong tunay na titingin sa kapakanan ng sports dito sa bansa at sa ating mga atleta. ?
?The problems facing sports in this country needs more than a change of leadership as many have been proposing,? he said. ?Sports needs people who really care na matagal nang wala. Kaya nga kami ni Buboy at aming mga kasama ay nagkaisa na magbuo ng grupo para matugunan ang problemang ito.?
?Si Buboy ay kilala na naman nating nasa boksing at siyempre ay matagal nang tumutulong sa nasabing sport,? Lacnit, who is in motorsports, said. ?But what many do not know is Buboy is also in taekwondo, swimming and several other sports. Marami na siyang natutunlungang mga atleta in these sports na lingid sa kaalaman ng marami dahil hindi naman niya ipinagyayabang ang ginagawa niya.?
?Well, me, you know already naman na I?m in motorsports. Nag-o-organize ng karera, both local and international, na nakakapagbigay ng pagkakataon para sa mag practitioner ng sport na ito na kumita ng malakaing halaga,? Lacnit told his audience. ?Para makatulong ng big-time at long-term, kinausap nga naming an gaming mga kasamang nagmamahal ng sports para magaka-isa sa iisang layunin.?
Fernandez, for his part, during a separate interview last weekend in General Santos City where Pacquiao is currently training for his fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, said it?s about time that real sportsmen should join hands in helping sports.
?Sa sports, motorsports o anumang sports, ang nagiging saving grace ng ating bansa na halos lugmok na sa masasamang balitang lumalabas sa ibang bansa,? Fernandez said. ? Gaya ng ginagawa ni Manny, dapat tayong may kakayahan ay magka-isa rin na ibangon ang bansang Pilipinas sa mga negatibong pagkakakilala sa atin bilang Pilipino. ?
?At hindi lamang palakasan punto ng aming adhikain. Gusto rin naming i-promote ang kalusugan sa pagtahak natin sa ating pamumuhay. Reason why, he added, the chose the slogan ?Sports Excellence for healthier Life?s Journey ? for the purpose.
?Ang aming panuntunang ?Palakasan at Kalusugan, kasangga mo Pilipinas? na matagal na naming sinusunod sa motorsports ay patuloy naming gabay sa lahat ng aming ikikilos kapag kami?y pinalad na ma-recognize ng Comelec at palaring matuntong sa Kongreso,? Fernandez said, adding Pacquiao himself is supporting the movement.
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