Ulterior motives
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
One wonders just how much is all this “overzealousness” of Noynoy and his allies over the poll fraud probes to pin down their targets and persecuting them through trial and conviction by publicity.
Many of today’s “persecutors” were yesterday’s persecutors of former President Erap Estrada, as they were then the allies and protectors of Gloria Arroyo.
Like the Arroyos today, Erap and his family were being subjected to the most vile trial and conviction by publicity by the evil civil society and opposition politicians that succeeded not only in ousting him from his duly elected constitutional presidential seat through a coup d’etat but that that these elite mobsters ensured his trial and conviction in a politically partisan court.
If there would be a reopening of his case under an impartial court, it will definitely be found that there was no strong evidence for the court to convict him of plunder on two counts: The donation of some P200 million said to be proceeds of jueteng (which is not public funds amyway), but deposited in a foundation that carried his name, which foundation is a separate and distinct entity from Estrada. Besides which, that P200 million in deposit was never touched as it stayed with the duly registered foundation that was not even run by Erap..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110806com2.html
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