Erap bares retirement from politics, showbiz
06/08/2010 Former President Joseph Estrada is retiring from show business and politics as he intends to devote more of his time to his family, his children and grandchildren. Estrada is currently in London. He attended the graduation of his daughter, Jerika, who was graduated with second honors for her International Business Administration course at the American Intercontinental University in London. Jerika according to a report from ABS-CBN, is planning to pursue a Master’s Degree in Finance and Marketing, also in London. The report claimed that Estrada was emotional when he was interviewed as he revealed his plans to finally quit politics and doing movies. He maintained there is nothing more to prove after his having placed second to presidential frontrunner Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and garnering more than nine million votes in the May 10 polls. There are an estimated 3 to 5 million votes that have been categorized as “null votes.” Estrada won the presidency in 1998 with a vote count of some 10 million votes. It is generally conceded that if former President Corazon Aquino did not die in August, her son Noynoy wouldn’t have stood a chance at winning the presidency. As a Palace aide said: “If Cory had not died, Erap would have been our president again.” But Estrada was not bitter about his loss. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100608hed5.html |
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