Dropping of massacre raps prelude to fraud, says Erap By Charlie V. Manalo 04/21/2010

Dropping of massacre raps prelude to fraud, says Erap

By Charlie V. Manalo 04/21/2010 TAGAYTAY CITY, Cavite — Former President and Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) standard bearer Joseph “Erap” Estrada said yesterday he has reasons to believe the release of the Ampatuans, primary suspects in the infamous Maguindano massacre, have something to do with the forthcoming elections as the Ampatuan patriarch had once been involved in the Hello Garci scandal in 2004 that proved massive cheating which gave President Arroyo a fresh six year term. In an interview, Estrada said indications are strong the administration might be using the Ampatuans to execute massive cheating in the May 10 polls aside from silencing them from spilling the beans on the Hello Garci scandal wherein President Arroyo was caught on tape talking to a Commission on Elections com-missioner inquiring on the status of her votes in Maguindanao. Re-electionist Sen. Jinggoy Estrada also directly accused his former Ateneo classmate Justice Secretary Alberto Agra of blindly following an order from Malacañang and allowing himself to be used as a “willing tool of the administration” in repaying its political gratitude to the powerful Ampatuan clan. “While I know Secretary Agra personally because we used to attend the same school, I cannot in conscience agree with what he just did. I feel sorry for him because he allowed himself to be used as a tool by the administration in repaying a debt which was not his,” Estrada said..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100421hed5.html

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