I go straight to the point.  Spare Manny Pacquiao of the dirt of politics.

The icon of Manny Pacquiao is being stealthily dragged into the continually sick political atmosphere here in the Philippines.  From the remotest barangay to the strictly guarded palace, nobody can confidently admit to the cleanness of the political roads. 

Malacañang is the bastion of politics of various colors that continue to discolor the Philippine political arena and its stains spread all the way to even the helpless constituents in countries like Lebanon and Israel. 

If that’s how far dirty politics can go, how much easier can political discoloration seep through the highly absorbent mantle of the main city?

No, politics’ dirt can never be cleaned unless old systems and overstaying personalities go out of the political ring.  Not even the bleaching power of boxing can undo the dirt.

Manny Pacquiao is made by boxing, and though boxing has its own dirt, Manny has managed to get rid of some stains and his is now not just an icon of excellent boxing but also of clean boxing.

Perhaps because of his clean radiance, some political hands want to touch him in the belief that his radiance can add a shining glow to some discolored careers or one prodigy’s upcoming adventure.

Manny Pacquiao, in his helpful and generous self, can have other avenues to reach out to the marginalized.  The avenue of politics is so grimy and muddy and slimy with fine sticky loam of filth accumulated through decades of unfair and dishonest service that if he tries to trod on it, he might well become one dirtied icon whose stain-free career could be so eventually discolored that even his incredible legacy would just be totally blotted by political discoloration.

Dirty politics should not mix up with clean boxing, unless the boxer so decides to the favor of the dirt.