Action for Economic Reforms - On the Erap Plunder Case

Commentaries on the Erap Plunder Case

by Margarita F. Gomez
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
I have watched former President Estrada put up the good fight. He did not try to buy himself back into power, compromise his opposition or deal himself into the good graces of this administration. Although he will pay for it dearly, I think he should persist in this path. By doing so, he has nurtured and will continue to deserve the adulation that millions of Filipinos have for him.
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by Manuel Buencamino
Monday, 17 September 2007
It’s about justice. The Sandiganbayan ruled unanimously that former president Estrada was guilty beyond reasonable doubt. From a purely legal perspective, justice has been served. But justice does not belong only to lawyers and courts. It belongs to the people too. They decide what is just or unjust. In that sense, there’s more to justice than what the law and the courts say.
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