Estrada congratulates Noynoy, Binay amid yellow army applause 06/10/2010

Estrada congratulates Noynoy, Binay amid yellow army applause

06/10/2010 Taking a statesman’s stand, former President Joseph Estrada yesterday congratulated President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Vice President-elect Jejomar “Jojo” Binay on their victories in the presidential race and extended his “whole-hearted support to the 15th President of the Philippine Republic while stating that he a“humbly accept(s) the final verdict borne out by the official results, and in accordance with the process ordained by our Constitution.” His congra-tulatory speech, read by his son, Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, was loudly applauded by the horde of yellow supporters of Aquino. “I join the Filipino people in extending my whole-hearted support to the 15th President of the Republic under whose leadership the country now looks to the future with highest hopes that he will serve our country faithfully and honorably. “I believe that President-elect Noynoy Aquino has the mandate of the electorate.  he rightfully carrfied with pride the illustrious name and legacy of his martyred father, the late Sen. Benigno Aquino, Jr., and that of our much- revered former president, the late Corazon Aquino. “I have always believed that the presidency is a matter of destiny. having been once blessed with the opportunity to serve as President of the Philippines. I am eternally grateful to God and our people for that singular honor to serve as a leader of this nation. He went on to explain his reason for running for the presidency last May 10 despite all odds—”the threat of disqualification; the determination of those who conspired to oust me to exhaust all means to prevent me from regaining the presidency; and without the enormous financial means and resources that the frontrunners in the presidential contest had at their disposal.But I felt morally obliged to seek the presidency if only to show the millions of our poor countrymen who felt robbed of the mandate they gave me in 1998 that i have not forgotten nor abandoned them.... MORE     Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100610hed4.html

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