Problema sa BIR hindi makakaapekto sa pagsasanay ni Manny Pacquiao - Ariza

MANILA, Philippines - Naniniwala si Alex Ariza, ang strength and conditioning coach ni Manny Pac­quiao, na hindi makaka­apekto sa pagsasanay ng Fi­lipino eight-division champion ang isyu sa Bureau of In­ternal Revenue (BIR).

Sinabi ni Ariza na sanay na si Pacquiao sa mga problema sa tuwing sisimulan ang kanyang training camp.

"Manny is used to distractions and stuff like that," wika ni Ariza matapos ang isang gym session nila ni da­ting WBA/IBF light wel­ter­weight titlist Amir Khan.

Sinampahan ng BIR ng kasong contempt ang Sa­­rangani Congressman da­hil sa kabiguan ni­tong makapagsumite ng do­kumen­to ukol sa kanyang ki­nita sa dalawang taon.

"Once he submits, we will withdraw the case. Ba­sed on the documents, we will evaluate if he paid the correct taxes," sabi ni BIR Commissioner Kim He­nares kay Pacquiao, nag­bayad ng buwis na P9,190,691 noong 2010 para maging pang 135th top in­dividual taxpayer.

Si Pacquiao ang hinirang na No. 1 sa listahan ng Top 500 Individual Taxpa­yers makaraang magba­yad ng P125 milyon bilang buwis noong 2008 bago ito bu­maba sa P7.41 milyon no­ong 2009.

"(Pacquiao) is just tying up some loose ends, he wants to get everything out of the way as far as whatever is going on here in the Philippines business-wise," sa­bi ni Ariza. "He doesn't want to be bouncing back and forth. As soon as he gets that settled, he's going to get right into it. We still got a lot of time."

"He's got his newfound faith and the way he's approached religion, he's left a lot of the other stuff behind. I always think that's a good thing. Hopefully that will give him more time with me and we can get back to wor­king on some of the old work­outs we used to do," dag­dag pa ni Ariza hinggil sa pagiging relihiyoso ni ‘Pac­man’.