Where’s your evidence that GMA is more corrupt than Erap Estrada? By the way, everyone has critics, don’t forget that. And of course, those people who are on her side in Congress, well not all of them are supporting her for money, wealth or power. They might actually believe in what she does, because she is at the least doing her job as President properly and that we can’t complain that she’s lazy. She does not ask anyone to stand or sit or crawl, why don’t you meet her in person first? Before you judge her? Right?

Until GMA is convicted by a court of the judicial system, reserve your judgement first. Innocent until proven guilty, as dictated by a democracy. The only problem with our mediocre country is that everyone thinks that everyone else is guilty until proven innocent. Judges will have to judge the evidence that her critics have against her and weigh it against the defense of her allies, before giving a verdict. Don’t prejudge things, she will probably get her trial someday and it will either convict or vindicate her. The trial need not be on Earth. Don’t act like a saint condemning her for things that she has not yet been convicted for. Everyone makes mistakes, and everyone is a victim of unfair media and unfair prejudgment from critics who are bent to prove that they are saints and you are sinners.

One more thing, I don’t enjoy how Erap is being touted as a potential president candidate. I, along with others, find the notion of electing someone whom we had tried to impeach, disturbing. Known to have made Malacañang a gambling and drinking den at night. Has been reputed to have just two appointments in a day, and would still cancel one of them. An actor by profession who never even graduated high school. Elected to 1998 as president by basis of popularity, and not qualification. Known to have had underdeclared his actual assets, known to have had PHP 500 million+ in personal accounts, PHP 189 million in the Jose Velarde accounts, PHP 200 million in the Erap Muslim Youth Foundation which were all declared forfeited in favor of the government. How did he amass such wealth? Illegal use of alias ‘Jose Velarde’ to hide the true identity of the owner of multi-billion peso accounts. Well ask him. Perhaps acting pays big, especially in government. He is not known to manage any big business which can amass such wealth. Fine, I will let go of the fact that he was pardoned right after he was convicted. But, I will not accept him if he were elected as president once more. The Wikipedia page entitled ‘The Trial of Joseph Estrada’ is super-whitewashed with information that tries to cast him in a good light. He is the Thaksin of the Philippines, sympathizing with poor and taking advantage of their gullibility in order to garner him the numbers to re-elect himself as President. He claims to be a ‘person for the masses’ but he’s the one who hides unexplainable wealth behind their backs. Maybe he is not guilty of stealing from taxpayers’ money, but there are also things such as kickbacks that can be repaid with such things as ‘presidential favors’. A lot of politicians practice kickbacks. In that sense, he used his position for monetary advantage. He couldn’t explain the billions of pesos he held, billions of Erap pesos imprinted in international magazines such as TIME magazine, touting Erap as one of the most corrupt politicians in history in terms of wealth amassed. This is my opinion, hopefully, others have their own opinions in order to defend Erap. Haha. I just hope they have the evidence to back your claims, if you have any. He was seen gambling in casinos with cronies, would you want a gambler president to gamble with the fate of our country, that is if you elect him president come 2010 Philippine Elections?

Good news for our people. Bad news for our critics.