Mark Jimenez Seeking Presidency Too
Former Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez said he, too, will seek the presidency in 2010.
In a press conference on Monday, Jimenez said he intends to file his certificate of candidacy on December 1, the deadline set by the election commission.
Jimenez, who was born Mario Batacan Crespo, said he will run as an independent candidate.
Asked what urged him to seek the highest elected position in the land, Jimenez said it was the government’s helplessness during the onslaught of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. The typhoons left most of Metro Manila flooded and thousands of families displaced.
He said he is running to push for human rights and will work to increase wages of teachers and other employees.
‘Corporate genius’
Jimenez was one of the fair-haired advisers of former President Joseph Estrada before the latter was ousted in 2001.
Estrada had called Jimenez a “corporate genius” for reportedly brokering the takeover of Indonesia-based First Pacific Ltd. of local phone giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). Jimenez’s and Estrada’s roles in the deal–where reported kickbacks amounted to some P3 billion–were cited in the impeachment case against the former president.
Recently, the controversial PLDT deal returned to the spotlight after the Yuchengco patriarch, Alfonso, claimed he was coerced into selling his shares in PLDT’s holding company to the First Pacific Group. Jimenez stepped in and said he was the brains behind the deal.
Incidentally, Estrada is also seeking a second chance at the presidency in the 2010 polls.
Philanthropist
Jimenez was previously elected as a congressman representing the sixth district of Manila. He was later on indicted in the US for contributing excessively to the political campaign funds of US President Bill Clinton. Jimenez served his 2-year sentence in a US federal prison before being extradited to the Philippines.
Since his return, he had engaged in various philanthropic activities through his non-profit vehicle, the the Hulog ng Langit Foundation.
Since 2006, the foundation has extended some P700 million worth of financial assistance to a popular consumer finance sob story: the plight of the pre-need industry victims. He said he has helped those those who availed of the financial products from troubled firms, Yuchengco-led Pacific Plans, Sobrepena-led College Assurance Plans and the Colayco-led Professional Group. – with reports from Sol Aragones, ABS-CBN News
Oh my goodness!! what the fuck! no need to run you know?!!
Mark Providing Basic Needs and Defending Human Rights: Brothers to the Rescue, mass feeding programs ( San Antonio Charities/Kusina ni MJ, Massive feast of Mc Donalds, Jollibee, and Kenny Rogers chickens, “bread of life” Jollibee burgers), Scholarships for Seminarians, Scholarships for Victimized PEP Planholders, BAIL for PEP Leaders, Phlippine Army Housing Project, Increase in the base pay of AFP personnel (R.A. 1960), anti-money laundering act of 2001 (R.A. 1960), Relief Operations during typhoons, floods, volcanic eruptions and landslides (Typhoon Quedan and Agaton, Reming, Ondoy, MAyon Volcano Eruption, Leyte Landslide, flooding in Calapan, Mindoro, flooding in Davao del Sur, Burial for Wowowee Fatalities and provision for surviving families, Northwest Airlines that he protected the discriminated Filipino Passengers. Do you know any candidate for president that has spent billion of his own money to share spiritual grace and the basic needs of the Filipinos?
wow 700M !!! w/o having it being televised !! thats my president doing something big w/o expecting anything in return
Mark Providing Basic Needs and Defending Human Rights: Brothers to the Rescue, mass feeding programs ( San Antonio Charities/Kusina ni MJ, Massive feast of Mc Donalds, Jollibee, and Kenny Rogers chickens, “bread of life” Jollibee burgers), Scholarships for Seminarians, Scholarships for Victimized PEP Planholders, BAIL for PEP Leaders, Phlippine Army Housing Project, Increase in the base pay of AFP personnel (R.A. 1960), anti-money laundering act of 2001 (R.A. 1960), Relief Operations during typhoons, floods, volcanic eruptions and landslides (Typhoon Quedan and Agaton, Reming, Ondoy, MAyon Volcano Eruption, Leyte Landslide, flooding in Calapan, Mindoro, flooding in Davao del Sur, Burial for Wowowee Fatalities and provision for surviving families, Northwest Airlines that he protected the discriminated Filipino Passengers. Do you know any candidate for president that has spent billion of his own money to share spiritual grace and the basic needs of the Filipinos?
I THINK EVERY QUALIFIED FILIPINO SHOULD BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO SERVE THE COUNTRY IN THE CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS AND RESOURCES.
I BELIEVE THAT EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT PRESIDENT YET , YOU CAN HELP OUR SCHOOL WITH YOUR RICHES. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE RICHES IN ASIA AND IN THE WORLD.
OUR SCHOOL SERVES THE LEAST PRIVILEGED IN OUR COMMUNITY. LAST 0CT. 18 THE WORST TYPHOON DESTROYED OUR BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES. IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST 2 MILLION PESOS TO IMPROVE OUR BUILDINGS, ETC..
THAT AMOUNT IS NOTHING TO A RICH MAN LIKE YOU. BUT IT WILL MAKE MANY HAPPY. THANKS1 GOD BLESS! VISITACION LETICIA S. DE ALBAN, HEAD OF THE SCHOOL