Erap Under Serious Heat

I believe it all started with the resurfacing of former Philippine National Police official, Cesar Mancao. Since then, it has been a hellacious several days for a few people especially, former President Joseph Ejercito-Estrada. Various court cases have been filed and a series of explosive testimonies bombarded the former president.

Former president Erap is on the defensive because of the testimony of Cesar Mancao that he was the brain behind the killing of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito back in November 2000. These allegations can really get in the way of Erap’s plans to run for president once again. But that didn’t stop there. President Estrada is on the verge of having his plans to participate in the 2010 elections be debilitated for Mancao’s allegations were just the first wave of a series of bombs against him.

A few days ago, Senator Panfilo Lacson had a speech in the senate in which he revealed to the entire country that Bigote, as what they call the former president, had a bunch of illegal businesses in his short reign as president. He also accused Bigote that he gave orders to silence the publicist. Lacson’s spoke about his abuses namely, the protection of illegal gambling operators and tolerating smuggling. Erap also gave Ping a hard time during his days as PNP chief. To end his speech, he said that it is just the first part and that part 2 will be next week.

Having all these things said, Estrada is just laughing at their claims. I do think he should be preparing for another wave of accusations as the long dormant Dacer-Corbito murder case is slowly becoming active. As of the moment, Lacson is now being supported by the daughters of the slain publicist as a state witness and a number of individuals are trying to pin him down. These things are seriously hurting his bid to become president once again. Erap should be thinking of what to do next because right now, he has been counter suing that’s quite going nowhere. Erap’s gained publicity for the past week but that doesn’t mean more support this May.

BY: RONDELL CHAZ C. MABUNGA

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