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He should retire, but it seems like he doesn’t want to.
“Two years after saying he would serve only one term as Manila mayor, Estrada on Tuesday said that he wants to run for reelection next year to finish the projects he had initiated, particularly beautification efforts for the country’s capital city,” reports Nathaniel R. Melican in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The report noted: “Estrada, who will turn 78 on April 19, revealed his plans for the 2016 polls when asked by reporters what his birthday wish would be.”
Estrada had said, “My birthday wish is to succeed in bringing back the old glory of Manila, for the city to be crowned the Pearl of the Orient once again. If you ask me, I want to run for reelection as mayor so that I could finish bringing back the old glory of Manila.”
Photo: News clip (via Philstar.com)
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