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FEEDBACK Estrada pardon I thought with all the daily news about corruption, bribery, cheating, etc., going on in the government, we as a country had already reached rock bottom. The latest act of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assures us that the bottom is not even within sight. I am at a lost for stronger words to describe my feelings of dismay and disgust. I can only wonder what else should happen to this God-forsaken country before we Filipinos act unselfishly and start caring for our country. Grace de Leon
Hindi dapat ganoon. Kaka-baba pa lang ng hatol kay Erap nabigyan na agad siya pardon?! Hindi dapat ganyan. Madaya talaga ang batas, hindi makatao. Marami diyan mas matagal ng nakakulong kay Erap hanggang ngayon nasa kulungan pa rin. At pinagsisisihan na ang mga ginawa nila hangang ngayon hindi sila mabigayan ng pardon. Lahat ng taong nakakulong dapat bigyan na ng pardon porket dati siyang presidente ganun ganun nalang? Ni hindi ko nga nakitang nakakulong siya. Lahat ng gusto niya hinahayaan lang ng batas. Huwag ganon. Dapat pantay-pantay lahat, walang presidente-presidente Paula Apple Angara
Bakit ganon ang tao sa pagkaka-pardon kay Erap, marami pa rin ang gustong pumapel. Itong may nagsasabing bilang na raw ang araw ni Gloria in power, marami ang nag-try pero did anybody succeed ba? Di ba wala. Lahat sila sablay sa pag papatalsik kay Gloria kasi ginagawa lang ni Gloria ang dapat niyang gawin. Sana naman kung wala tayong magandang sasabihin ay manahimik nalang tayo kasi nakakaawa naman kayo ngawa kayo ng ngawa puro kayo ngawa, habang si Gloria naman ay di kayo pansin. She’s doing what she feels is right for the country, Ngayon po ako naniniwala na pag-politician madumi ang isip. Nagbigay lang ng pardon si Gloria kay Erap, ngayon pati kakampi ni Erap ay nagdududa na sa kanyang posisyon sa politika. Sana naman igalang natin ang desisyon ng bawat isa at huwag ng pangunahan pa. Kayo ang nagbibigay ng masamang kahulugan e. Ano sa palagay niyo tama ba yan?
You got to be kidding me! Well, all I can say is, if he is guilty send him to jail then. That's another reason I would never plan to live back in the Philippines. Nothing but corruption. The poor gets poorer and the rich gets richer.What a shame to Gloria! And shame on me as a Filipino here in Turkey and other Filipinos abroad. About weeks ago, I was so proud of my country because they convicted Erap (which I believe is 100% guilty). Now, I despise politics in the Philippines! There should be no reason to pardon him. Erap didn't even sign the request for pardon, he didn't even respect the decision of the Sandiganbayan and the worst part is Erap and Jingoy Estrada are laughing at Gloria Arroyo now. The kind of justice in my beloved country is now out in the open. It seems it is cursed and doomed forever. Whoever leads the country, he/she always ends up corrupt. No one can change the country but the people themselves. A lot of times, I wonder if it is better to kill all the Filipinos and replace them with new breed of uncorrupted citizens. Maybe it will prosper? Mae Abelarde
Oo nga po, bakit ganon? Kabababa lang ng hatol kay Ginoong Erap Estrada, pagkatapos may pardon kaagad. Ang anak kong 11years old galit na galit. Anong klaseng patakaran ‘yan ng ating bansa? Kung ganoon pala lahat ng nasa kulungan e palayain na lang din. Kung yung ibang nakakulong walang kasalanan e nakakulong hanggang ngayon kaya ayan siguradong pinagtatawanan tayo ng ibang bansa. Anong klaseng hustisya meron ang bansa natin? ‘Yon lamang po. Gemma Bautista
Now you have to admit this, Filipinos are really stupid people. I, myself, is ashamed to be a Filipino. People in all different countries are really laughing at us. Mababa ang tingin nila sa atin dahil na rin sa kagaguhan ng Filipino. We have no dignity, our race is really so embarassing. I was right to left the Philippines. Noon ko pa alam na bulok ang sistema diyan sa Pilipinas. Even here in the US, I'm avoiding the Pinoys kasi hanggang dito dinadala pa rin nila ang masamang ugali nila. Manloloko at corrupt pa rin. Kahit nandito na sa America.Nagagalit tayo pag nilalait. Iyon ang totoo,tanggapin natin,and then baguhin natin ang ugali natin para mabago rin ang tingin nila sa atin. The Philippines is into self-distructive mood and, if we don't change, we're doomed! Sayonara, ukenam!
Sa paglaya ni Mr. Estrada muli na naman nating nakita ang tunay na kalagayan ng Pilipinas. Na ang justice ay para sa mga mayayaman, makapangyarihan, mga politiko at kilala sa lipunan.Kailan magigising ang tulad kong mahirap. Kailan ninyo imumulat ang iyong mga mata? Kailan ninyo bubuksan ang iyong mga tenga upang kayo ay makarinig? Ito ba ang tunay na mga leaders ng bansa,sila sila nagkakampihan. Gumising naman kayo, ni isang politko ay walang naitulong sa bayan natin. Bagkus sila ang nagpapahirap at nagpapasasa sa kapangyarihan. Huwag naman tayong maging panatiko sa mga politiko. Manindigan tayo sa ating sarili at sa mga darating pang generation. Kabayan magising ka sa katotohanan. Lucia Magpayo
Sa paglaya ni Erap, marami ang natutuwa, marami din ang nagagalit. Subalit anuman ang nararamdaman natin tungkol sa desisyong ito ni Presidente Arroyo ay isangtabi na lang natin. Whatever prompted her to grant pardon to Erap is something only she, and perhaps her close advisers, knows. I think she is fully aware of the consequences. Let's leave it at that. Can the country now move forward with the President and the other leaders of our country focusing on the economy rather than on divisive issues? There are other more pressing problems that the President has to address. Unahin naman niya ang ekonomiya at ang kalagayan ng mga low-income at middle-income groups. Pataas nang pataas ang halaga ng basic goods sa bansa. Tumaas na naman ang gasolina, tumaas na naman ang pasahe, at siguradong nagtaasan na rin ang mga bilihin sa palengke. Ang isa kong hiling--pababain naman niya ang tax na kinakaltas sa suweldo ng mga government employees. Malaki pa ang kaltas kaysa sa natatanggap namin. Emerita Cervantes
Dear ABS-CBN, I have been an avid reader of your online website for years. I consider it a gift that I can keep abreast with all the current events and pressing issues that my beloved country goes through day-in and day-out. I have celebrated with every Filipino triumph from our "Pambansang Kamao" to our Mt. Everest climbers and I have cried with them with every tragedy that befell our motherland.
I think may dahilan si Presidente Arroyo kaya napadali ang paglaya kay Erap. Nicanor Pura
I'm with President Arroyo before but this time the pardoning of Estrada is a big mistake. That was the biggest fish ever caught but they let him go. Show no fear, President Arroyo. What will happen now to General Garcia? What estrada did was way way over General Garcia. Gary Principal
Estrada pardon It is now in the open the kind of justice in my beloved country. One for the poor and one for the rich/corrupt. It's seems it is cursed and doomed forever. Whether male or female president sits in the government, same result CORRUPTION. No one can change the country but the people themselves. A lot of times, I wonder if it is better to kill all the Filipinos and replace them with new breed of uncorrupted citizens. Maybe it will prosper????? Deo Masibay
I have been away from my own country since 1978, but never was I so bothered by the magnitude of corruption and total abuse of power by GLORIA ARROYO, her husband, and their cronies--this administration is blatantly committing all kinds of anomalous transaction, and if caught-they just come out with most stupidest excuse that I have ever heard, and tells it to the people in a nonchalant attitude--MY LORD-TAMA NA-MAAWA NA KAYO SA MAHIHIRAP...RESIGN GLORIA!!!! Tommy Praxedes
You got to be kidding me???? Well all I can say is if he was guilty and sent to jail then so as most of the Philippine government starting at the top, the First Gentleman.. more than half of the politicians are crooked than if Estrada is jailed then should most of the politicians in the Philippines.. That's another reason I would never live back in the Philippines.. Nothing but corruption. The poor gets poorer and the rich, getting richer. Carismaautotec@aol.com
We, Filipinos abroad were saddened about the pardoning of Estrada. We believe it was wrong, imaging the so many years of trial only to be freed after a couple of months. We are now wondering where is the justice we are supposed to be following. Gapas Tuazon
Dear all concerned, 1. To heal the rifts in society made by two People Power uprisings - Let me ask you this. What rifts are we talking about here? Rifts between or among whom? Was there no rift prior to People Power 1? Was there not the people supporting LABAN and people supporting KBL, prior to People Power 1? Honestly, do you really know exactly what the causes of these rifts are or were? 2. Exercised her right as President to pardon prisoners who are at least 70 years old - Oh for God's sake! So what??!! Nelson Mandela was put behind bars for 27 long years. Ninoy was arrested, put behind bars, was removed of his human rights; mentally and psychologically tortured; and (the list never ends...) was place under solitary confinement! Yet these 2 people have done nothing wrong to society. Mandela was released at the age of 73 years old. Ninoy was released after 7 years and 7 months... 3. Estrada had already endured six years of house arrest and had been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of plundering millions of pesos from the nation's coffers while he was president - I just do not know, for the love of God, how Mrs Arroyo can even consider the 6 years of house arrest as having "endured" by the former president! Maybe Mrs Arroyo was meant to use the word "enjoyed"! A prisoner who enjoys the comforts of a second home having all the amenities not an ordinary prisoner or Filipino would get! A prisoner who can go to Hong Kong; a prisoner who goes to and from any place in his elegant vehicle! A prisoner who can give press releases and call a press conference. A prisoner who can go back to his house in San Juan; and so on.... 4. "[The pardon] is out of sensitivity to a sector of society who continue to identify with [Estrada's] circumstances," - Let me ask you again... Can you clearly make out this sector of society who "continued to identify with Estrada's circumstances"? If you go back to my 3rd point, I don't think there would be a single person who can really identify with Estrada's circumstance in the Philippines! Prove me wrong, and I will tell you, the Philippines is no near the recovery route, 100%! Well that's how it goes in the Philippines, I guess... A politician who is a proven womanizer, proven gambler, proven thief; and a convicted criminal, who "endured" 6 years of house arrest, gets a reprieve from a president who has her own unresolved issues herself, as if nothing happened. Only in the Philippines.... My poor Philippines....
What a shame to Gloria! and shame on me as a Filipino here in Europe. About six weeks ago I was so proud about my country that they convicted Erap (which I believe 100% guilty) now, I despise politics in Philippines! There should be no reason to give pardon, Erap didn't even sign the request for pardon, he didn't even accept he's guilty, he didn't even respect the decision of the Sandiganbayan and the worst is Erap and Onggoy Estrada are now as I guess laughing at Aling Gloria... not President Gloria. Ronnie Ramos
It seems that the government's drive against corruption is all for show. The excuse being given about Erap's age is a flimsy one. If that is true then all prisoners in government prisons should then be released for 'humanitarian' reasons. One concrete lesson can be learned from all this: it pays to be corrupt! Philip Beley
The pardon of Erap by presidential clemency is more of a scheme of the law rather than a rule of the law, more of a political expediency rather than a humanitarian act of mercy. Moreover, granting a pardon without an apparent remorse on the part of the convict as in the instant case is a distorted sense and abuse of Christian justice and symptomatic of an extreme lack of respect for the law and the judicial system.
It is really alarming to see and hear how this case went that long and it turned out like a consoling and favorable for some...favoring Erap while making our country suffers a lot...and so the people. I respectfully value the importance of our economy but I do value most the vitality of justice in our country. On a personal note, giving pardon to Erap is indeed unfair. While forgiveness is a need, justice is a must and absolutely necessary! I can't find sufficient reason that is, regarding this case, which fundamentally shows that Erap must be pardoned. Is it for the common good or for personal agenda? Justice will still prevail no matter what! Jeprey Mangubat
Ibang klase na ngayon ang konstitution ng Pilipinas, nakalagay sa page 1: Convicted, pero sa likod may nakasaad na Convict and Pardon nakakadismaya, is not good. Richard Aldawan
I am angry but not surprise of the president action today. She is sending a message to all corrupt politicians that it’s ok to cheat and commit a crime because you get a pardon anyway. She made this move to divert all the attention that she is getting regarding her impeachment issue. It is political move. I am a proud Pinoy but what’s happening in the Philippines is giving all the Filipinos shame and disgrace. I wish all the Filipinos take the time and think who they want to run the country. They need to realize that because your a good actor that doesnt mean that you can lead the country to prosperity. Wake up Philippines. Wendell Lapinig
It is too early to grant pardon to the convicted Ex-President Estrada. The act will not strengthen political discipline. That is why we have very dirty politics now. We missed the kind of politics during the time of Quezon, Osmena, Roxas. Osias, Recto & Diokno to name a few. There was politics with high integrity and discipline, and not a canto & illusionary politics. When one is convicted of a crime defined by law, it is no different than those convicted under penal laws that penalize those guilty thereof. It is very unfortunate for those convicted now serving their penalties who do not have political influence and money to rely on. There is no political will to follow one kind of rule of law for all, regardless of their position in life, rich or poor or otherwise. At this point of time the pardon granted is highly irregular and wrong. It will be more divisive and destructive among the people. Perfecto Fernandez
Ramos nagbabala on Arroyo's pardon, etc. Dear sirs,
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Sen Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada Former President Corazon "Cory" Aquino Senate President Manuel Villar The executive clemency extended to former President Joseph Estrada is a great step towards reconciliation, which is vital to our country’s unhindered passage to progress. This act emphasizes the value of humane consideration and compassionate justice. President Estrada has suffered enough, having been incarcerated for more than six years. The pardon will give him time to care for his ailing mother, Doña Mary, who needs his solace and love at this most opportune time. Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero Sen. Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal Senator Richard Gordon Akbayan Rep. Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros Bayan Muna Rep. Teodoro Casiño Renato Reyes, secretary general Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Alberto Lim, executive director Makati Business Club Black and White Movement
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President Arroyo's order granting pardon to ex-president Estrada
