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Nuisance bet since '98: Ref technician's poll hopes feel no chill

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Benjamin Rivera plans to file his candidacy for Mayor of Manila. He has been filing for President, or Manila Mayor, since 1998, &amp; he was always disqualified. He says he doesnt mind the “nuisance candidate” tag. <a href="https://t.co/QIX1yrqI9m">pic.twitter.com/QIX1yrqI9m</a></p>— Nikolo Baua (@Nikobaua) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nikobaua/status/1050230770386722817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>He has been filing certificates of candidacy since the 1998 elections and has always been rejected as a nuisance candidate. </p><p>That has not stopped electoral hopeful and refrigerator technician Benjamin Rivera from filing his COC for mayor of Manila at the Commission on Elections main office in Intramuros Thursday. </p><p>Speaking to ABS-CBN News, Rivera, 76, said he just ignores criticism that he is a nuisance bet. &quot;Hindi ako nawawalan ng gana (I don&#x27;t lose enthusiasm),&quot; he said. </p><p>&quot;Sa loob ng 1998 up to now, para akong nag-aral ng abogado sapagkat nagsisikap ako na di bale na ako&#x27;y mahirap, di bale ako&#x27;y di mataas ang pinag-aralan, high school graduate lang, pero once you give discipline...&quot; he added. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rivera, 76, a refrigerator technician, believes he can campaign with a 50k budget. He explains why he still wants to run... <a href="https://t.co/ZG61tRIcDa">pic.twitter.com/ZG61tRIcDa</a></p>— Nikolo Baua (@Nikobaua) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nikobaua/status/1050236391995584512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>He added said he can still run an effective campaign despite only having a P50,000 budget. If elected, he claimed he would order officials accused of corruption to report to his office to answer preliminary questions. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rivera’s campaign promise to Manileños is his anti-criminality &amp; corruption stance. <a href="https://t.co/eC3IDQttGf">pic.twitter.com/eC3IDQttGf</a></p>— Nikolo Baua (@Nikobaua) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nikobaua/status/1050240041023229952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

<p>He has been filing certificates of candidacy since the 1998 elections and has always been rejected as a nuisance candidate. That has not stopped electoral hopeful and refrigerator technician Benjamin Rivera from filing his COC at the Commission on Elections office in Manila Thursday. </p>

He has been filing certificates of candidacy since the 1998 elections and has always been rejected as a nuisance candidate. That has not stopped electoral hopeful and refrigerator technician Benjamin Rivera from filing his COC at the Commission on Elections office in Manila Thursday.