Enrile a businesswoman? His COC says so - but blooper fixed for over an hour | Inquirer News

Enrile a businesswoman? His COC says so – but blooper fixed for over an hour

/ 05:41 PM October 16, 2018

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/EDWIN BACASMAS

Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile – a ‘businesswoman’?

The 94-year-old politician misidentified himself as a woman in the form he filed to formalize his candidacy for senator in next year’s elections.

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Enrile wrote “businesswoman” on the item, which asked for his profession. The item was placed below the name of his wife Cristina.

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The information was corrected after more than an hour with few letters erased using a correction fluid to make it into “businessman.”

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Enrile filed his certificate of candidacy through lawyer Joseph Sagandoy, who went to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) main office in Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday afternoon.

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He said he wants “to join the fun” so he’s gunning for a Senate comeback in the 2019 midterm elections.

READ: Despite age, Enrile wants ‘to join the fun,’ announces Senate run

If he wins in next year’s polls to become a Senator again, Enrile will be 101 years old by the end of his term in 2025.  /kga

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