A PWD on Election Day

Complained about the hour-long queue at your polling precincnt yesterday?  This guy climbed four floors to his voting precinct at the Pembo Elementary School in Makati City just to exercise his right to vote – and he has neither arms nor legs!

The 30-year-old “skateboard guy” tugged at heartstrings because of his enthusiasm to fulfill his civic duty on election day.  According to Inquirer News, Niño Aguirre also refused to be carried up to the polling precinct. Such was his determination and resolve that Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas II asked for his personal details and said he will personally pay for Aguirre’s wheelchair.

 




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