Torch at the center By Ronald Roy VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 05/27/2010

Torch at the center

By Ronald Roy VIEWPOINTS 05/27/2010 Let me stress just one last time that former President Erap Estrada is the best qualified to run this country for the next six years — based on the documented strength of his accumulated executive and legislative experience. This I say not so much in the spirit of doing justice to one who was unconstitutionally evicted by an ungrateful power grabber nine years ago, as in the spirit of returning that power to the sovereign Filipino people who had resoundingly elected him their president in 1998. Let me stress just one last time that I’ve never been a part of Erap’s media outfit, and therefore have never been hired or asked to write nice things about him since he became a mayor of San Juan up to the present, and that I’ve never asked him a favor nor ever have been granted one by him. I hope this puts to rest the persistent needling of some people that I campaigned for Erap whose lack of fortune at the polls would mean my getting nothing by way of a reward. I campaigned for him out of a conviction and a civic duty to get the right and deserving man to show the evil regime the exit door. The elections may be generally perceived as over at this stage — barring the intrusion of divine justice of course — thanks to the premature grandstanding not only of winners and “high-fiving” officials from the Comelec and Smartmatic, but also, can you believe, to the diplomatic breach by US Ambassador Harry Thomas.  In the latter’s case, can anyone pray tell me what standards of diplomacy brought the African-American diplomat to pay a courtesy call on Noynoy Aquino to congratulate him even before his official proclamation by Congress? In fact, Thomas had previously congratulated President Arroyo, barely hours after the polling places closed at 7 of the night of May 10, for what he judged as fast, clean and honest elections. Now the ambassador is an IT specialist! .... MORE     Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100527com7.html

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