Pacquiao announces presidential bid in 2022 elections

He will represent his PDP-Laban faction.

The boxing icon turned politician said, "I am a fighter, and I will always be a fighter inside and outside the ring,” he added, "Sa ngalan ng mga kababayan natin na matagal nang naghahangad ng tamang pagbabago sa ating pamahalaan, tapat na panunungkulan at serbisyo sa mamamayang Pilipino, buong puso ko po, buong tapang at kababaang loob ay umaasa po ako sa inyong suporta.”

Earlier, PDP-Laban head Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi filed a petition before COMELEC to declare Pacquiao and his companions as "illegitimate officers" of the ruling party.

Pimentel said, "Kahit ano man ang mangyari, itong ating ipo-proclaim ngayong araw ay kandidato na ng PDP-Laban pagka pangulo ng ating bansa," he added, "Uulitin ko, kahit ano man ang mangyari."