- Eddie Gil
Eddie Cabal Gil is a Filipino businessman and politician. He was contesting the 2004 Philippine presidential election.
Gil was known in the 1980s as a strong supporter of President
Ferdinand Marcos . He claims to be an international banker and a billionaire, and declared that if elected president, he would make every Filipino a millionaire within one hundred days, and that he would pay off his country's entire national debt (billions of pesos) from his own pocket. This promise attracted a great deal.The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) originally affirmed Gil's candidacy. Rival candidate
Eduardo Villanueva filed a petition with the COMELEC to have Gil disqualified, on the basis of his being a nuisance candidate, his inability to mount a nationwide campaign, and that because of what Villanueva considered to be Gil's motive of confusing voters by virtue of the similarity of their names.Eddie Gil is currently working as a recording artist and actor which is why many people believe that his only motive for contesting the Philippines' 2004 elections was to become widely known.
In 2005, he released a movie entitled
Pelukang Itim ("The Black Wig"). Before its release, he boasted that the movie would have special effects that would rivalThe Matrix . Indeed, the film contains some Matrix-style effects, however they were below Matrix-quality. In 2004, he had a concert that promoted his single, also called "Pelukang Itim". He boasted that the concert grounds will be "overflowing with people"Discography
*"Baleleng"
*"Carmelita"
*"Hindi Ko Kaya"
*"Inday, O Aking Inday"
*"Laruang Puso"
*"Lumang Tindahan"
*"Ang Titi kong Supot"
*"Ang Pwet Kong Itim" (sing-along version)
*"Pelukang Itim"
*"Pelukang Itim" (Disco Mix)
*"Pelukang Itim" (sing-along version)
*"Pusong Wasak"References
External links
* [http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/apr/25/yehey/opinion/20040425opi2.html Why I am voting for Eddie Gil] , Fred de la Rosa’s article in the Manila Times
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