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ADDICTED TO POWER (BY JOEL RUIZ BUTUYAN)

CREDIT OF THIS ARTICLE BELONGS TO MR. JOEL RUIZ BUTUYAN OF THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER - OPINION SECTION They can barely walk, but they want to run, "laments a netizen from social media. JOSEPH "ERAP" ESTRADA, 81, and ALFREDO LIM, 88, are both vying for the post of city mayor of Manila. IMELDA MARCOS, 89, is running for governor of Ilocos Norte. And JUAN PONCE ENRILE, 94, wants to be a senator again. These octogenarian and nonagenarian aspirants created an uproar when they filed their certificates of candidacy a few weeks ago. Estrada has been in public office since 1969. in the span of 50 years, he was a San Juan City Mayor for several years, then senator, Vice President, President and Manila Mayor. Lim has been in public service since the 1950's, a Police Officer who rose to the rank of General, then becoming Director of the National Bureau of Investigation before serving as City Mayor of Manila for four terms and eventually becoming Senator of the ...