Manny Pacquiao on PRRD’s claim about ‘drug user’ presidential aspirant

The camp of Manny Pacquiao has this reaction to the controversial statement of PRRD about a presidential aspirant

Senator Manny Pacquiao, who is running for president in the 2022 election, reacted to the claim of President Rodrigo Duterte about a presidential aspirant who is allegedly doing illegal drugs.

The said statement of the Chief Executive stirred the political arena. Following that, the tandem of Senator Ping Lacson and Senate President Tito Sotto voluntarily subjected themselves to a drug test which result was negative.

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📷: World Boxing News

Former Senator Bongbong Marcos, who is running also for president with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as his running mate, submitted his drug test result to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), in line with the blind item of the President.

BBM, on the other hand, said that he does not think that the president was alluding to him when the latter claimed that there is a presidential candidate who is a drug user.

On Tuesday afternoon, the camp of Manny Pacquiao also released a recent drug test result. Based on the report from Inquirer, the drug test was done before his fight against Youdenis Ugas in Las Vegas this year and it was conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) on July 28 and Sept. 8.

In both tests, Pacquiao was found negative of any of the substances prohibited by the World Boxing Council (WBC),” the statement from the camp of the boxer-turned-politician adding that the test covers hundred more substances prohibited by the WBC.

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📷: Inquirer

The statement added that the test that Pacquiao has undergone is more extensive than the regular drug tests being conducted in the Philippines. In addition to this, the camp of the presidential candidate under a PDP-Laban wing said that he is scheduled to undergo a hair follicle test. Manny Pacquiao wanted a laboratory that can deliver immediate results.

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