Convicted plunderer former president Joseph Estrada, who was ousted from office in 2001 has announced his presidential bid with Makati Mayor Jojo Binay as running mate. It was the last performance of my life, said the womanizer. Is he and his handlers mocking his conviction and the penalties imposed by the Ombudsman? The nerve of this person whom the great and illiterate masses love come what may. The country's problems--poverty, political robber barons--can be traced to the poor people and the political elite who elect into office corrupt officials like Estrada. Fawning at his feet are brilliant personalities like Juan Ponce Enrile who, according to people from Lasam Cagayan, said okinnam, referring to Gov. Lara, when he was in the town campaigning for his protege Antonio, and the rest of the politicians who benefitted during his (Estrada) reign and who expect to share the votes of the great unwashed.
