Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos (pictured) filed her candidacy for next year's congressional elections, joining the country's boxing champion and the outgoing president in the star-studded race for the lower house. -- PHOTO: PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRERMANILA - FORMER Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos filed her candidacy for next year's congressional elections, joining the country's boxing champion and the outgoing president in the star-studded race for the lower house.
Strongman Ferdinand Marcos's flamboyant 80-year-old widow, who has successfully fought off more than 900 civil and criminal cases against her, dispatched a lawyer shortly before midnight Tuesday to file her nomination papers in Illocos Norte, her husband's northern stronghold where she is popular.
Tuesday was the last day for nominations for the May 2010 national elections.
Other top candidates for Congress include Manny Pacquiao, who last month won his seventh world boxing title in as many weight classes.
Mr Pacquiao ran unsuccessfully in 2007 for a congressional seat in southern General Santos city, where he began his career. This time he is running in Alabel township in neighboring Sarangani province.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will become the first Philippine president to run for a lower house seat after stepping down. Barred by the constitution from seeking a second term, Mrs Arroyo filed her candidacy on Tuesday for the 268-member House of Representatives in her home province of Pampanga. -- AP
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