WILL he or won't he?
Deposed president Joseph Estrada is now saying he has no intention of running for president in 2010.
Here's an excerpt from the INQUIRER.net Breaking News story:
Estrada said that statements coming from his camp that he would run anew were aimed to challenge the opposition to be united and put up a common candidate in 2010 to ensure the opposition's victory. "Bakit sila matatakot, wala naman akong intensyong tumakbo [Why are they afraid. I have no intension of running]," he said. "I have no intention of running … I want to give chance to young leaders, to their advocacy, their idealism." He said he did not want a repeat of the 2004 presidential race when the opposition had other candidates other than the late actor Fernando Poe Jr. He added he believed 2010 would be an opposition year, more so if they would unite and support a common presidential candidate.
Ow c'mon! Tell that to the marines. You may not have the intention to run for president but you have the desire. Your actions betray your words.
Never Again!
Having a President who acts differently from what he hath spoken? Mr. Estrada, you destroyed the public trust many times, better spend your precious time in doing good things than talking nonsense and making the Filipino people believe that you are innocent. Ikaw na lang ang maging Sandiganbayan. Huhai.
Sinabi na rin yan ni GMA before. She said she wouldn't run but eventually she want back on her word and ran. I'd rather see a Roxas - Villar Showdown for 2010.
Erap should not allow himself to be used like this. Instead, he should make the masses know that they can be their own "Erap" by getting themselves out of the rut. Teach them that money don't grow on trees and that like him, dream, vision and hard work will lead to forms of prosperity. Dreams are for people who need to reach them still. Erap should help.
You have had your chance before pero sinayang mo lang. I don't think the Filipino would like to have an ex-convict as their president.
Kristoffer Atienza
Erap should not allow himself to be used like this. Instead, he should make the masses know that they can be their own “Erap†by getting themselves out of the rut. Teach them that money don’t grow on trees and that like him, dream, vision and hard work will lead to forms of prosperity. Dreams are for people who need to reach them still. Erap should help.
++++++++
Thats exactly what Erap, Are doing! helping the poor. Pero takot talaga sila kong si Erap, Tatabo uli. Bakit kaya? Kasi they're going to eat dust if that happen!
Takot sila kasi alam nila kakain sila ng alikabok! Especially the FAKE PRESIDENT GLORIA ARROYO!
Mr Erap,
Enjoy your freedom and the rest of your days with your families. There are other politicians who can better served our country as president.
Happy New year.
This is a joke that can only happen in the Phils". It is indeed a shame that we have to keep putting back convicted criminals over and over again to vital government positions. I am at a loss for words...really I don't know what else to say about this lame joke. We just seem to be incapable of learning from all of the country's past mistakes. Corruption and greed are everywhere and the Phils is in dire need of total overhaul! The peso they say is doing good but it does not reflect in the way people live. Professionals are still leaving and finding work abroad in professions way below what they are capable of doing. Its a shame...we need a new breed of politicians who will create jobs, make the economy really work for the majority of the people and bring back honesty in public service. The Phils is such a beautiful country with beautiful people and let us not waste our precious people and resources!
I really wish you would run and are allowed to run. I want this just so I can have the pleasure of NOT VOTING FOR YOU.
Its good that Erap has admitted that he have no intention of running, besides the guilty verdict of his story has already ended, He was just lucky that President GMA has pardonned him, or else he would have stayed in prison for 40 years, lets face it President GMA is the most formidable president of the philippines with the support of all aspect of the law in the philippines from the Senate,Congress and the Judiciary, the only man whom i believed that can defeat her is Mayor Jejomar Binay for he is a less tainted politician, even though he is what others called him Nognog, he is quite opposite of this term, for he has a shinning political experience when it comes to benefits that is really given to its constituents. His shinning achievements like 22 storey office buildings, and a good outcome when it comes to revenue of 8.3 billion and does not solely rely on IRA which is only about 500 million, not only that his health program is really helping those oppressed and disadvantage constituents. He can be a reason to fight the real problem of the philippines, which is Poverty and Corruption, not hearsay problems that the fate of President Eraps tenure in office, six years imprisonment and was booted out of the office because of Jueteng power.
Carlo Ople
Sinabi na rin yan ni GMA before. She said she wouldn’t run but eventually she want back on her word and ran. I’d rather see a Roxas - Villar Showdown for 2010.
+++++++++
There is different between Erap/Gloria kawatan. Erap, Have a word of honor, While Gloria kawatan don't have. In fact she's proven herself to be the number one LIAR.
Well, that's a relief. Besides, having served as president before and being charged of plunder should stop Erap in his tracks. But then again, Philippine politics tends to spiral out in the strangest of ways. If Mr. Estrada does decide to run in 2010 at the last minute, I can console myself with the fact that the ancient Mayans predicted the end of the world in 2012.
Well, it is just me perhaps. I just have a difficult time listening to people without an iota of credibility.
erap knows very well that he can't run according to the constitution & besides, when he was pardoned, its one of the conditions that he can't run for the presidency, alam niya yan pinaiikot lang niya ang mga tao, parang pinalabas niya na inosente siya sa mga charges sa kanya. wala na siyang credibility yong nakalimot ng nakaraan ay maaring nakalimot sa ginawa ni erap sa bayan c'mmon folks dont give him a chance to fool us again ni isang kadugo nya hindi dapat makaupo sa malakanyang down w/ the plunderers
what else is new w/ erap? bilib na bilib sa sarili. i hate it when he says he loves the masa, the nerve to say that! but that's erap. so how can you trust him? he's always acting!
i think he is running. the moment he gave away candies to the people of tondo, that is the giveaway, pathetic ;-(
voters' education is imperative...
Let's educate the voters, abby, you and I. Let's tell them to vote only for intellectual giants. Or, for member of the Elitist Society only.
educating the voters on who to vote does not mean that the only criteria for voting is one needs to be an intellectual giant or that one should belong to the elite....look at the roster of those who were voted, they were voted because they are "sikat, artista, anak/kapaatid ng politiko, pogi raw, etc." how can we convince the people to vote based on performance, esp. when the candidate of choice is not known(bec. he is not on tv always). ex. mayor belmonte....can he win? no, bec. he is not in the news, he is not given chance to be interviewed , but he is doing a lot for q.c. mayor robredo of naga...doing well in bicol. but will people vote for them? no, bec. they are not sikat, they are not newsworthy...if i am their image consultant, i will advise them to appear on all the channels everytime there is an issue, just like what some candidates are doing now....except for joker arroyo, all the senators were always on tv, loving every minute being interviewed, kahit walang katuturan sinasabi...
how do we change all these? i think the media can help us a lot. and we, in our own small way, can educate family, friends, neighbors. huwag natin iasa sa iba. tayo din, dapat magumpisa na, 2010 is near..
if i may borrow the battlecry....kung hindi ngayon, kailan pa?
Hay nako, wala nabang matitinong tao sa Pilipinas.
Imperial Manila ang dahilan, in idolize nila si ERAP na puro salita, wala daw, kasalanan, etc.
Erap is yesterday and Gloria is today. Yesterday and today we are still the same hopeless people. Let us think for tomorrow for tomorrow there is hope.
Para sa ikauunlad ng Bayan,
Isang BAYANI ang kailangan!!!
Do I need to say more???
The current crop of aspirants fall way short to solve the country's gargantuan problems. All of them don't have the political will to institute reforms to bring about meaningful change in Governance, especailly graft & corruption except for Bayani Fernando. Villar is a Shrewd entrepreneur and Trapo, Roxas, an elitist who cleanses his hands with alcohol after every visit to the public market, Legarda, the obssessive senator, Pingky- his support comes from "nervous" Chinese businessmen, Noli- don't have enough intellectual capacity, Erap, who doles out rice and sardines as exploiter of the poor, the others are all dreaming for the moon.
Go Bayani Go !!!!
As long as the pro poor gimic slogan prevails, we will always stay poor. Those winners can easily dupe those poor by giving them a little of this and a little of that while they get the bigger pie and they become more richer and the poor poorer. Kaya wag na kayong paloko !!!
Its funny how people thinks that only intellectual people can lead the country. Gumising kayong lahat! Be LOGICAL. Does it mean that if you are dumb, you dont have the capacity to lead the country? Piliin nyo ulit ang mga matatalino, napaka perpektong tao para mag hirap ulit tayo.Hindi ko sinasabing bobo ang ilagay sa position, but im willing to take my chances with someone dumb but truw to lead our country than someone who knows everything, and knows alot about cheating a country. Mabago sana ang isip ng mga tao na hindi lahat ng sinasabi ng gobyerno at ng hustisya totoo. Alam naman natin lahat na pag may pera ka at nasa position ka kaya mong baguhin lahat sa ating bansa.
Pagisipan natin mabuti at isapuso ang pag boto. Hwag na sina gloria ulit. PAKIUSAP!
Balik tagay tagay na naman sa malakanyang pag nagkataon at nanalo uli si Erap.
Ang malaking problema ng Filipinas ay mas maraming mang-mang na botante. Puede naman tayong magkaroon ng presidenteng babaero, sugarol. lasenggero at mangungurakot. Marami pa si Erap na maloloko.
Mayroon naman tayong isang Bayani na nakikita natin na sincero sa kanyang pagiging public servant pero di siya popular at pangit at isa asawa.
Si Erap mahal nang squatters at sidewalk vendors. Si Fernando kalaban nang squatters at sidewalk vendors. Kanino ka? Ako kay Fernando ako, ayaw ko kay Erap. Ano hilo? Sabi nga ng marami, mang mang lang ang boboto kay Erap. Nakapuwesto na siya pero ano ginawa niya, binaboy ang malakanyang. Ayaw ko kay gloria pero mas ayaw ko din kay erap. Kay Bayani Fernando po ako ang pag asa ng bayan. Sa ikauunlad ng bayan disiplina ang kailangan
Huwag na po si ERap ulit, palpak na siya noon bakit ibabalik mo pa ang palpak e anong logic meron ka, duon na tayo sa masipag na gaya ni Bayani Fernando, maasahan at tunay na may nagawa at magagawa para sa pag unlad ng bayan natin.
if ex-pres joseph estrada runs for president again, and happens to win or lose via small margin because of popularity, it only means that the philippines, our country... we as a nation is not ready to move on. i must say, he's a lesser evil than gloria because of his jueteng backround compared to gloria's government manipulation especially the congress (bribery, corruption, human rights, etc). i believe we need a true leader who can resist temptation. someone who can tell us that " i'm..........................., running for president..... i'm already rich, i came from a wealthy family.... if appointed as a president of the philippines, i wont steal, wont use government funds (fertilizers) to get richer....... "