Eduardo V. Manalo

Eduardo Villanueva Manalo, (born October 31, 1955) colloquially known as "Ka Eddie" and "Eddie Boy", is the current Deputy Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC). He is the grandson of Felix Manalo and is the son of current Executive Minister Eraño G. Manalo.

He was born to Eraño G. Manalo and Cristina Villanueva and is an active amateur radio enthusiast . Manalo ran a local radio frequency bulletin board service at a time when Internet access in the Philippines was practically non-existent, and due to that, is credited as one of the pioneers in Internet usage in the Philippines.

He contributed to the founding of an organization within the INC called The Association of Christians in Information Technology(AsCII), an organization consisting of INC members in the Information Technology field who perform computer-related assistance to the church.

Political Influence in the Philippines

According to Armando Doronila's The Fall of Joseph Estrada: The Inside Story, – as well as local newspaper reports such as the May 7, 2001 issue of Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manalo was reportedly invited to sit in at the negotiations between the administration and the opposition during EDSA III. In a statement, representatives from the INC stated they held no position on the uprising, other than its intentions of peace.

Although, some INC members state that the administration encouraged them to join the anti-impeachment demonstrations. One member of the INC told CNN that followers are being encouraged to join the pro-Estrada demonstrations. [1] Also, Norberto Donato, 30, says he is a member of the Iglesia ni Cristo. "There was a [church] circular ordering us to go to EDSA," he says.[2]

External links

• The Association of Christians in Information Technology (AsCII)