Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is celebrating his 99th birthday on Valentine’s Day, February 14.
“I wish all the girls Happy Valentine’s. Thank you all who thought of me or who greeted me on my birthday,” he wrote on Facebook.
Enrile said that he is choosing to embrace the present moment despite his old age, a year shy of a century.
“99 year is a long time in terms of years, but a flickering moment in terms of eternity. Ce’est la vie! That is where we are all going. It is a race no one wishes to win!” he said.
Enrile has become the favorite subject of online memes over his age which transcended over different historical milestones.
The veteran lawmaker is currently out on bail over plunder charges.
He was then appointed by President Bongbong Marcos as his legal counsel over the latter’s support to his presidential bid in 2022.
Enrile served as defense minister during the time of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
