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Of all the mo­ments that lit up the 2010 Gen­er­al Elec­tion cam­paign, it was San Juan pen­sion­er Per­cy Vil­lafana who grabbed the most head­lines and at­ten­tion, as his ac­tion re­mained firm­ly etched in the pub­lic’s mind.

The then 81-year-old be­came a lo­cal sen­sa­tion in March 2010 when he blocked Prime Min­is­ter Patrick Man­ning from en­ter­ing his yard, cross­ing his arms in front of his chest to form an X.

Man­ning, then po­lit­i­cal leader of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment, en­coun­tered the res­i­dent, who was dis­pleased with his gov­er­nance, dur­ing a walk­a­bout in the com­mu­ni­ty.