HERE are some of the entries on the Estrada verdict that were posted by Filipino bloggers minutes after the Sandiganbayan found the former Philippine president guilty of plunder.
DJB Rizalist included an MP3 audio file of the promulgation in his blog entry.
Tonyo posted an entry on the “Opportunist view of Estrada guilty verdict.”
Here’s the entry of Chef Tonios Popcorn.
And here’s Grace’s entry for Filipino Soul.
September 18th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Let me tell you my two centavos worth regarding Erap’s conviction and the reactions of a lot of Pinoys.
It could have been a lot better for me personally if Erap was found not guilty. As a result more corrupt politicians would have been emboldened and will engage in more corruption.
Kung mapawalangsala si Erap eh mas mabuti para sa akin. Hehehe!! Kasi mas dadami pa’ng mga politikos ang mangungurakot at magdarambong. At kung mas marami ang mga magnanakaw sa gobierno eh mas magkalokoko ang ekonomiya natin. Bakit ko gusto na ganito ang mangyari?
Kasi nasa ibang bansa ako ngayon at sumasahod ako ng dolyar. Malapit na akong magretiro at umuwi sa Pinas. Pag mababa ang ekonomiya natin eh pabor yun sa akin kasi mas mataas ang palitan ng dollar.
Kaya mga kapwa kong Pinoy, kung panaligan natin ang mga nangungurakot sa kaban ng bayan at hindi tayo magpakatino eh OK lang po sa akin. Sige lang kayo!
Sus! Mayaman ako pagretiro ko. Hehehe!!
September 18th, 2007 at 5:58 am
Mga kababayan, eto ang opinyon ni Dulpak.
Alam ninyo mga kababayan ko, ang Pinas ay wala ng pag-asang makaahon pa sa kasalukuyang henerasion natin. Nalublob na tayo kalokohan at kasakiman ng mga politikos. Kahit na anong pagbubungakngak ang gawin natin, wala’ng pagasa ang Pinas.
We thought that after Marcos was kicked out of the country, things will change. Duh! It didn’t happen. When it comes to corruption in the government, the administrations of Cory, Ramos, Estrada and now Gloria are all the same. Mas dumadami pa ngayon ang mga mandurugas!
Bakit hindi natin naaagapan ang korapsion? Kasi po nasa dugo na natin etong ugaling kapalpakan na yan. Minana natin ‘to sa mga diablong kastila at prayle.
Tignan na lang ninyo ang limpak-limpak na salaping ginagasta pag panahon ng eleksion. Kahit na yung meyor ng maliit na bayan gumagosta ng milyong-milyon na piso. How can these politicians afford to spend so much money? The exhorbitant amounts are way beyond their salaries. Well, they will spend that much money because they will get their monies back and more in return sa pangungurakot. They get their ROI or return of investment ika nga.
Kahit sino pa ang ihalal mo, except for a handful of candidates, the rest are all corrupt. That is a given in Phil politics. So my advice to everyone is: Don’t worry be happy (as the song goes). Kung iisipin mo ang mga nangyayaring kapalpakan sa govierno natin eh siguradong magkunsimisyon ka lang or worse baka maaltapresyon ka lang.
Eto pa kakabayan. Ang usap-usapan na ng mga hayop na politikos ngayon eh pardon or amnesty daw kay Estrada. Aba! Lintik na mga animales na walang kaluluwa sila. Pardon or amnesty sa nagnakaw ng sangkaterbang milyon!! Susmaryosep! Kasi daw he suffered enough for more than six years of house arrest.
‘Langya. After a long trial and so much taxpayers money spent for the trial, we are now giving Erap pardon or amnesty? Anong klaseng kagaguhan ang pagiisip na yan? No wonder we are doomed as a nation. No wonder over a million Filipinos left the country to work and live abroad as OFWs.
So, mga fellow Filipinos all I can say is we are not going to uplift ourselves within our generation as long as we have those politicians who are all buwayas. Dapat we have a revolution so that we can shot all of them and start with a clean slate.
My two cents commentary for today.
September 18th, 2007 at 3:50 am
…Now that Erap has finally been found guilty of plunder beyond reasonable doubt , let’s just hope and pray that the Supreme Court and the rest of the politicians from all political parties and the righteous religious hypocrites would allow the “wheels of justice” take its turn. For so long, Erap and his family, both legitimate and illegitimate have flounted the wealth they have stolen from the “masa” who were stupid enough to have allowed themselves to be manipulated by these greedy people. I hope that those politicians, who even today, presently, puts Erap in pedestal just as if he was the all too powerful godfather, and broker of their position in government, would find enough courage and wisdom to stop shielding Erap from painful consequences of his immoral excesses. We should also pray that the “masa” would stop allowing themselves to be fooled by people who promise them lot of things but never deliver. The “masa” should start asking those politicians who ask for their votes, “What have you done lately, or during your term as an elected public official, for the good of the community and the people? BEing an outspoken oppositionist should not be the yardstick to put a person in an elected office.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:30 am
Erap’s immediate families are insisting that the former President is innocent of plunder. Let me ask them this, if he is really innocent then why there’s such a largescale figures existed on the velarde Accnt? Why only the former President’s name implicated in the account? Why the lawyers of Erap failed to clear his name on the Velarde accnt in the first place? JV Estrada et. al, always say that their father tried unjustly. It is so ridiculous to know that they just open their both ears and eyes on what they believe rather than reality. Are they still in normal state of their minds or just pretending to be one? They’re just rot!
September 17th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Hindi titigil ang CORRUPTION sa Pinas kapag walang seryosong kaparatangan ang BATAS. Takot at makatao ang PINOY kaya kahit hinakot na ng sikat na POLITIKO ang pera ng BAYAN ay kaya pa rin itong patawarin. BAKIT KAYA? hmmmm.
Tingnan natin ang ating mga sarili. Silipin mo KAIBIGAN ang nasa kalooban mo. Ganito ka rin ba? MAKATAO??
Ang ibang lahi ay may takot at respeto sa GOBYERNO. Kaya masasabi natin ngayon na kulang tayo sa ganitong ugali at pag-iisip.
Ang dapat sa atin ngayon ay bumalik sa magandang edukasyon at ituro ang mga mabubuting pangaral magsimula sa PAMILYA.
Si ERAP ay nahusgahan ng pagnanakaw. Sapat na yun para ipakita sa BANSA na meron din tayong batas na puwedeng manghusga. Adios!